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===Other variables===
 
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* PM2.5 emission from bus traffic
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** constant: Bus traffic intensity (if it remains the same)
 
** constant: Bus traffic intensity (if it remains the same)
 
* [[Bus fraction of PM2.5 concentration in Helsinki in 2020]]
 
* [[Bus fraction of PM2.5 concentration in Helsinki in 2020]]

Revision as of 12:48, 19 February 2008

This is the main page of the Gasbus assessment. The output of the group work exercise in Kuopio Risk Assessment Workshop 2008 will be collected on this page complemented with the indicator and other variable pages that will be created during the exercise.

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Background material:


Scope

Purpose

To compare PM2.5 induced mortality in alternative public bus-transportation strategies as being considered by the Helsinki Metropolitan area.

Boundaries

  • Area: Helsinki Metropolitan area, Finland
  • Population: whole population in Helsinki area (1 million)
  • Primary PM2.5
  • Time period: Based on data 1996-1997, projected to year 2020
  • Public Health effects: Mortality due to cardiopulmonary diseases, lung cancer and other non-accidental causes (?)
  • Bus traffic tail-pipe emissions
  • Different ratio between the technologies
  • Fuel

Scenarios

  1. Business as usual (current bus fleet)
  2. All buses converted to modern diesel (EURO3-STD)
  3. All buses converted to diesel with particle traps
  4. All buses converted to natural gas buses

Intended users

  • Helsinki Metropolitan area council
  • Finnish government (e.g. Finnish ministry of social affairs and health)
  • Scientific community
  • Decision makers at local community level

Participants

  • Scientists: KTL, YTV, Joint Research Centre @ European Commission

Definition

Decision variables

Indicators

Other variables

Indexes

Analyses

Result

Results

Conclusions