Green Infrastructure: The Effects of Urban Rail Transit on Air Quality
| Autor: | Yihsu Chen, Alexander Whalley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pollution Urban rail transit Ground Level Ozone business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Air pollution jel:L92 medicine.disease_cause Environmental protection jel:R53 Public transport jel:Q53 jel:R41 medicine Environmental science business Green infrastructure General Economics Econometrics and Finance Air quality index media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 4:58-97 |
| ISSN: | 1945-774X 1945-7731 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/pol.4.1.58 |
| Popis: | The transportation sector is a major source of air pollution worldwide, yet little is known about the effects of transportation infrastructure on air quality. This paper quantifies the effects of one major type of transportation infrastructure—urban rail transit—on air quality using the sharp discontinuity in ridership on opening day of a new rail transit system in Taipei. We find that the opening of the Metro reduced air pollution from one key tailpipe pollutant, carbon monoxide, by 5 to 15 percent. Little evidence that the opening of the Metro affected ground level ozone pollution is found however. (JEL L92, Q53, R41, R53) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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