Abstract
A quasi-experimental evaluation is employed to assess the compliance behavior of high emitters in response to Atlanta's Inspection and Maintenance program between 1997 and 2001 and to predict the impact of compliance behavior on vehicular tailpipe emissions of ozone precursors, such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide. Remote sensing data of a sample of approximately 0.8 million observations of on-road vehicles are matched with IM program data and vehicle registration data to identify the compliant and non-compliant high emitters. A mixed-pool time-series regression analysis is carried out to predict changes in the vehicular tailpipe emissions due to the compliance and non-compliance of the high emitters in the Atlanta airshed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 77-96 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The authors are thankful to Air Quality Laboratory for providing remote sensing data, Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Georgia Environmental Protection Division for IM program data and Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles and Safety for the vehicle registration data. Part of the work was undertaken under grants from Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency, for which the authors are grateful.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency |
Keywords
- Compliance
- Environmental regulation
- Program evaluation
- Road transportation