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Journal article
Development and validation of a method to quantify benefits of clean-air taxi legislation
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 30(4), pp 629-640
Jul 2020
PMID: 31142812
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Abstract
Air pollution from motor vehicle traffic remains a significant threat to public health. Using taxi inspection and trip data, we assessed changes in New York City's taxi fleet following Clean Air Taxi legislation enacted in 2005-2006. Inspection and trip data between 2004 and 2015 were used to assess changes in New York's taxi fleet and to estimate and spatially apportion annual taxi-related exhaust emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and total particulate matter (PM
). These emissions changes were used to predict reductions in NO and fine particulate matter (PM
) concentrations estimates using data from the New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) in 2009-2015. Efficiency trends among other for-hire vehicles and spatial variation in traffic intensity were also considered. The city fuel efficiency of the medallion taxi fleet increased from 15.7 MPG to 33.1 MPG, and corresponding NO and PM
exhaust emissions estimates declined by 82 and 49%, respectively. These emissions reductions were associated with changes in NYCCAS-modeled NO and PM
concentrations (p < 0.001). New York's clean air taxi legislation was effective at increasing fuel efficiency of the medallion taxi fleet, and reductions in estimated taxi emissions were associated with decreases in NO and PM
concentrations.
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- Title
- Development and validation of a method to quantify benefits of clean-air taxi legislation
- Creators
- Dustin Fry - Drexel UniversityMarianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (USA);Christian A Treat - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (USA);Kimberly R Burke - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (USA);David Evans - Columbia UniversityLoni P Tabb - Drexel UniversityDaniel Carrion - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (USA);Frederica P Perera - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York (USA);Gina S Lovasi - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, v 30(4), pp 629-640
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Grant note
- T32 ES007322 / NIEHS NIH HHS T32 HD049311 / NICHD NIH HHS P50 ES009600 / NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES009089 / NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES009600 / NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES023770 / NIEHS NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000542804200006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85066806398
- Other Identifier
- 991019168476404721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Environmental Sciences
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Toxicology