By the time you've finished the course, you'll be able to:

• use micro-simulation traffic models
• assess the environmental impacts of road traffic under various policy options
• estimate air pollution concentrations as a function of emission, meteorology, topography and the built environment from road traffic
• disseminate emission and air quality results to a wider audience

The course also provides you with:

• knowledge of the scale of local and global air pollution problems
• a basic understanding of the concepts of traffic and environment management for sustainability
• knowledge of policies and reports which have a strong bearing on local and global air pollution and sustainability issues
• insight into the concept of the nested approach to modelling traffic, emission and air quality at micro and macro scales
• knowledge of the role of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in delivering sustainability, keeping environmental, economic and health objectives in mind
• knowledge of analysing and presenting outputs of air quality models to a wide audience

Course Outline

• Scale of local and global air pollution problems.
• Sustainability balancing traffic, economic, environmental and health objectives.
• Lessons from Review and Assessment and Updating and Screening Assessment processes.
• Traffic and environment monitoring.
• Real world emission modelling for air quality and noise management.
• Dispersion modelling for air quality management.
• Nesting of traffic, emission and air quality models.
• Noise attenuation.
• Role of ITS in delivering sustainability.
• Local authority perspective in air quality management (lecture by a guest speaker from Local Authority).
• Linking land use development with transport planning and assessment.
• Scenarios and interventions to deliver sustainability.
• Transport and energy.

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The course is aimed at Traffic and Environmental experts and managers who are responsible for delivering solutions to traffic related air quality exceedances. This course is also useful to local authorities and consultants engineers and managers.

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