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May 15, 2014
Analysis of Impacts on Environment from Electric Bicycles: A Case Study of Xi'an, China
Authors: Zhengquan Xu [email protected], Zhijie Liu [email protected], Xianwei Wang, and Shuo SunAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems
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The increasing popularity of the use of electric bicycles in China in recent years has transformed the urban traffic travel structure, changing the impacts on the natural environment from the traffic system. By analyzing the energy consumption and emissions from various traffic modes during life cycle, this paper discussed the impacts (energy consumption, carbon emissions, SO2, PM and pb consumption) ontheenvironment from the transformation of urban travel behaviors caused by the development of electric bicycles. Taking advantage of the electric bicycle travel survey data in Xi'an, 2012, results have been found that the use of electric bicycles has increased the emissions of SO2, PM and the consumption of pb. However, energy consumption and CO2 emissions were reduced.
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Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems
Pages: 191 - 199
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© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: May 15, 2014
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Air pollution
- Bicycles
- Case studies
- Electric power
- Emissions
- Energy consumption
- Energy engineering
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Highway transportation
- Infrastructure
- Methodology (by type)
- Pollution
- Research methods (by type)
- Traffic analysis
- Traffic engineering
- Transportation engineering
- Travel patterns
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Vehicles
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School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Tongji University; Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning and Design Research Centre. E-mail: [email protected]
Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning and Design Research Centre. E-mail: [email protected]
Xianwei Wang
School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Tongji University
Shuo Sun
School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Tongji University
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