Operating Cost, Fuel Consumption, and Emission Models in aaSIDRA and aaMotion

Aerial photograph of road

Abstract

Estimation of operating cost, fuel consumption and pollutant emissions for evaluating intersection and mid-block traffic conditions is useful for design, operations and planning purposes in traffic management. This paper describes the method to model operating cost, fuel consumption and emissions (CO2, CO, HC, NOx) in the aaSIDRA intersection analysis and aaMotion trip / drive-cycle simulator software packages developed by Akcelik & Associates. aaSIDRA and aaMotion were renamed as SIDRA INTERSECTION and SIDRA TRIP.

Reference

AKÇELIK, R. and BESLEY, M. (2003). Operating Cost, Fuel Consumption, and Emission Models in aaSIDRA and aaMotion. Paper presented at the 25th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR 2003), University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, Dec 2003. Updated: 4 Dec 2007.

Registration open for online training in May and June 2024. Learn more..