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| Author(s): |
Giovane Zito Gomes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2004-12-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Jose Reynaldo Anselmo Setti;
Helena Beatriz Bettella Cybis;
Eiji Kawamoto
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| Advisor: | Jose Reynaldo Anselmo Setti |
| Abstract | |
The objectives of the research reported in this masters dissertation was to demonstrate how a microsimulation model outputs can be used to quantify performance measures related to sustainable transportation, in a way such that each individual vehicle contribution is accounted for in the calculation of the performance measures. A case study, focusing the São Paulo to Jundiaí segment of the Anhanguera-Bandeirantes highway corridor, was used to demonstrate the application of the proposed approach. Four hypothetical operational strategies were compared to illustrate how the proposed sustainability index might be used in decision making. The Integration model was used to simulate the highway corridor. The microsimulation model was calibrated using data from the inductive loops installed along the studied section and the synthetic O/D matrices were estimated by means of the QueensOD model, from traffic counts. The sustainability index used included the following performance measures : travel rate, fuel consumption and HC, CO e \'NO IND. X\' emissions. (AU) | |