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October 30, 2024
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Assessing the impact of road traffic constraints on pollution

Publicated to:2023 Ieee 97th Vehicular Technology Conference, Vtc2023-Spring. 2021-September - 2021-01-01 2021-September(), DOI: 10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625237

Authors: Padron, Jose D; Terol, Marcos; Luis Zambrano-Martinez, Jorge; Calafate, Carlos T; Cano, Juan-Carlos; Manzoni, Pietro

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Univ Politecn Valencia UPV, Dept Comp Engn DISCA, Camino Vera S-N - Author

Abstract

Vehicle-related pollution is a main issue for many large metropolitan areas, and city administrations seek effective methods to improve the life quality of citizens, especially in downtown areas, and near places like hospitals or schools. One of the methods recently adopted is closing down these areas to traffic. However, the impact of such approaches has not been thoroughly studied. In this paper we assess whether limiting traffic for environmental reasons is feasible and efficient. In particular, we analyze the impact of blocking a street/road to avoid pollution in that zone, showing how our proposed route assignment algorithm is able to deviate traffic to minimize circulation in those places, In addition, we determine how the overall vehicle emissions in that area vary due to the traffic restrictions enforced. Experimental results show that, even when closing a single street, pollution indexes increase by 3-4%, which raises doubts regarding the applicability and effectiveness of such methods.

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AbatisAir pollutionSumoTraffic managementVehicle networks

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-18:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-18:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Padrón Pérez, José Daniel) and Last Author (Manzoni, Pietro).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Padrón Pérez, José Daniel.