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Evaluation Report for ITS for Voluntary Emission Reduction: An ITS Operational Test for Real-Time Vehicle Emissions Detection

May 1997
Denver,Colorado,United States

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This operational test combined the use of dynamic message sign (DMS) and a roadside detection device to provide real-time emission information to motorist about the vehicle they were driving. The system was installed in Denver Colorado at an interstate freeway off-ramp. As vehicles entered the ramp, their emissions where monitored and results displayed on the DMS. The detector operates by utilizing IR detectors to determine the amount of Carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and Carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by the vehicle. After conducting interviews of motorist driving past the system it was determined that over half of those interviewed believed that the system was valuable for motivating people to repair their vehicles. 1.6 percent of motorist had actually done some repair in response (more men then women) and 8 percent planned to conduct repair.

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The Smart Sign Website: http://www.sign.du.edu/index.html

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Evaluation Report for ITS for Voluntary Emission Reduction: An ITS Operational Test for Real-Time Vehicle Emissions Detection

Author: Bohren, Lenora and David C. Williams

Published By: The National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety, Colorado State University

Source Date: May 1997

EDL Number: 9724

URL: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/jpodocs/repts_te/9724.pdf

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Application Areas

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Freeway Management > Information Dissemination > Dynamic Message Signs

Intelligent Transportation Systems > Freeway Management > Surveillance > Traffic

Goal Areas

Energy & Environment

Typical Deployment Locations

Metropolitan Areas

Keywords

DMS, CMS, VMS, Changeable Message Signs, Variable Message Signs, CCTV, closed circuit television cameras, road monitoring, sensors, vehicle detector, traffic detection, traffic monitoring, congestion monitoring

Benefit ID: 2000-00102