Research Article

Evaluating the Effects of One-Way Traffic Management on Different Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Using an Integrated Approach

Table 5

Emission rate of three pollutants before and after one-way traffic management in intersections.

Intersection numberCO emission (mg/s)HC emission (mg/s)NOx emission (mg/s)
BeforeAfterDifferenceRelative differenceBeforeAfterDifferenceRelative differenceBeforeAfterDifferenceRelative difference

1130.26121.30−8.96−6.88%5.895.15−0.74−12.56%38.2433.06−5.18−13.55%
2117.81102.94−14.87−12.62%5.324.74−0.58−10.90%34.5830.80−3.78−10.93%
317.6910.49−7.20−40.70%0.800.47−0.33−41.25%5.194.10−1.09−21.00%
432.5113.37−19.14−58.87%1.470.60−0.87−59.18%9.5453.92−5.63−58.98%
520.998.85−12.14−57.84%0.950.42−0.53−55.79%6.162.59−3.57−57.95%
634.7717.69−17.08−49.12%1.570.81−0.76−48.41%10.215.19−5.02−49.17%
753.2946.30−6.99−13.12%2.412.09−0.32−13.28%15.6413.59−2.05−13.11%
860.2948.15−12.14−20.14%2.722.17−0.55−20.22%17.714.13−3.57−20.17%
920.379.26−11.11−54.54%0.920.41−0.51−55.43%5.982.71−3.27−54.68%
1029.8312.75−17.08−57.26%1.340.57−0.77−57.46%8.753.74−5.01−57.26%
11118.53109.68−8.85−7.47%5.364.96−0.40−7.46%34.7932.19−2.6−7.47%
12136.43122.85−13.58−9.95%6.175.55−0.62−10.05%40.0536.06−3.99−9.96%
1330.4510.08−20.37−66.90%1.370.45−0.92−67.15%8.942.96−5.98−66.89%
1443.2139.92−3.29−7.61%1.951.81−0.15−7.69%12.6811.71−0.97−7.65%
1514.618.64−5.97−40.86%0.660.39−0.27−40.91%4.282.53−1.75−40.89%
1621.6119.70−1.91−8.84%0.970.85−0.12−12.37%6.345.22−1.12−17.67%
Mean values55.1743.87−11.29−20.46%2.491.96−0.53−21.29%16.1912.78−3.41−21.06%
Paired t-value8.1798.4998.136

Note: The difference is equal to the emission after setting one-way traffic management subtracted by the emission before one-way traffic management. denotes significance in the 99% confidence level.