Urban taxis and air pollution: a case study in Harbin, China

Shi An, Xiaowei Hu and Jian Wang

Journal of Transport Geography, 2011, vol. 19, issue 4, 960-967

Abstract: Taxis share a high proportion of urban traffic volume and contribute a large proportion to urban air pollution. This paper addressees this context by exploring urban taxi air pollution emissions and possible reduction countermeasures. Based on a survey of Harbin taxis, we have developed different urban taxi pollution emissions models and considered taxi passenger occupancy and taxi average vacant ratio. To reduce taxi air pollution emission, this paper sets a reduction goal and puts forward three kinds of transport management policies. These are taxi market regulation, introduction of electric and Liquefied Petroleum Gas powered vehicles, and the introduction of dial-a-ride services. The paper provides recommendations for managing urban taxi development using these strategies.

Keywords: Taxi air pollutant emission; Emission factor; Taxi vacant ratio; Transport management development policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.12.005

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