@misc{10481/98810,
year = {2015},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/98810},
abstract = {Transport regulation at local level for the abatement of air pollution has gained significant traction in the
EU. In this work, we analyze the effect of different transportation changes on air quality in two similarly
sized cities: Granada (Spain) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). Several air pollutants were measured at both sites
before and after the implementation of the changes. In Ljubljana, a 72% reduction of local black carbon
(BC), from 5.6 to 1.6 mg/m3, was observed after the restriction was implemented. In Granada, statistically
significant reductions of 1.3 mg/m3 (37%) in BC and of 15 mg/m3 (33%) in PM10 concentrations were
observed after the public transportation re-organization. However, the improvement observed in air
quality was very local since other areas of the cities did not improve significantly. We show that closing
streets to private traffic, renewal of the bus fleet and re-organization of the public transportation
significantly benefit air quality.},
organization = {Andalusia Regional Government through projects P10-RNM-6299 and P12-RNM-2409},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through projects CGL2011-13580-E/CLI, CGL2011-16124-E and CGL2013-45410-R},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Black carbon},
keywords = {Air quality},
keywords = {Traffic pollution},
keywords = {Urban},
keywords = {Aethalometer},
title = {Evaluation of the impact of transportation changes on air quality},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.027},
author = {Titos, Gloria and Lyamani, Hassan and Drinovec, L. and Olmo-Reyes, Francisco J. and Mocnik, G. and Alados-Arboledas, Lucas},
}