This article addresses the impact of turbo-roundabouts located in urban areas on pollutant emissions using field measurements of vehicle activity data and road congestion levels. The research also compares the emissions of vehicles moving along a turbo-roundabout and a conventional multilane roundabout. Based on field measurements taken at turbo-roundabouts without curb dividers located in Grado, Spain, and multilane roundabouts in Aveiro, Portugal, three representative speed profiles for each speed trajectory were identified: no stop (I), stop once (II), and multiple stops (III). This study also develops discrete models for turbo-roundabouts and multilane roundabouts in which the relative occurrence of those speed profiles is expressed as a function of the entry and conflicting traffic flows. The vehicle specific power (VSP) methodology is then employed to estimate second-by-second pollutant emissions. This study tests the hypotheses that emissions are impacted by the differences in (1) the characteristics of speed profiles in each movement, (2) the volumes of entry and conflicting flows, (3) the overall saturation level, and (4) the transportation facility considered (turbo-roundabout / multilane roundabout). Considering the selected case studies and traffic demands, vehicles at turbo-roundabouts generated more emissions (15-22%, depending on the pollutant) than multilane conventional roundabouts, especially under medium and high congestion levels. These findings suggest that there are no advantages in implementing turbo-roundabouts from an environmental point of view, regardless of the traffic congestion levels.


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    Title :

    Driving around turbo-roundabouts vs. conventional roundabouts: Are there advantages regarding pollutant emissions?




    Publication date :

    2016




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.80 / 55.80 Verkehrswesen, Transportwesen: Allgemeines



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