Effect of high-occupancy toll lanes on mass vehicle emissions: Application to I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia

DN Kall, RL Guensler, MO Rodgers… - Transportation …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes were recently proposed for I-85 in Atlanta, Georgia, as a
way to relieve congestion and to provide a reliable commute time for single-occupant drivers
who are willing to pay a toll. It is important to evaluate the air quality impacts of such a
proposal in the context of environmental regulations, such as the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), and transportation conformity regulations. Several factors affect mass
vehicle emissions, such as vehicle activity, speed, age distributions, and class distributions …

Effect of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on mass vehicle emissions: an application to I-85 in Atlanta

D Kall - 2008 - repository.gatech.edu
Abstract High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes were recently proposed for I-85 in Atlanta as a
way to relieve congestion and provide a reliable commute time for single occupant drivers
that are willing to pay a toll. It is important to evaluate the air quality impacts of such a
proposal to meet environmental regulations, such as the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and Transportation Conformity Regulations. The goal of this study is to understand
how vehicle mass emissions change as a result of implementing HOT lanes on I-85 in …