Transportation and the Environment

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CHAPTER 1 Some Considerations on the Environmental Impact of Highway Traffic

CONSTANTIN-CRISTIAN STROE, VALERIU NICOLAE PANAITESCU, MARCO RAGAZZI, ARCO RAGAZZI ELENA CRISTINA RADA AND GABRIELA IONESCU

Road transport emissions have straight forward effects on air quality re-quirements, at local, regional and even global scales [1–3]. Transport is re-sponsible for around a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions making it the second biggest greenhouse gas-emitting sector after energy generation [4]. Due to the vehicles engine internal combustion and fossil fuels usage, transport has become a significant source of air pollutants including CO, CO₂, volatile organic compounds, NOx, NO₂, O₃, total suspended particles and particulate matter (PM). ...

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