GIS for Transportation and Air Quality Analysis

by Reginald R. Souleyrette, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States,
Shashi K. Sathisan, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States,
David E. James, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States,
Soon-tin Lim, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Transportation Planning and Air Quality

Abstract:

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) promise significant potential to manage complex spatial data often required to address transportation and air quality analysis problems. However, this potential of GIS has not been realized. The Las Vegas metropolitan area is used as a case study to demonstrate this potential. In this exploratory research paper, the relations between transportation and air quality are investigated based on traffic characteristics (vehicle miles traveled - VMT), location of refueling stations, wind patterns and air quality levels (carbon monoxide concentrations).

Subject Headings: Air quality | Geographic information systems | Information systems | Air pollution | Quality control | Information management | Traffic management | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States

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