Promoting Pedestrian Transportation to Reducing Air Pollution from Urban Transport

Authors

  • Emre Kuşkapan Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum,Turkey
  • Muhammed Yasin Çodur College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v4i1.4570
Received: 29 March 2022 | Accepted: 26 April 2022 | Published Online: 5 May 2022

Abstract

Increasing air pollution around the world causes many problems, especially in the field of health. Air pollution affects not only human health but also other living things' health. The factors that cause air pollution the most are heating, industry, and transportation. Many countries in the world carry out various studies to reduce the effect of these factors on air pollution. Especially in the field of transportation, studies have been done quite a lot in recent years. In this study, air pollution caused by transportation in Erzurum, Turkey has been investigated. Emission amounts of NOX, PM10, and SO2 values have been calculated according to the types of vehicles in the city. Then, the amount of emissions from transportation in the total sector has been revealed. The transportation structure of the city has examined in general terms and the missing aspects in terms of pedestrian transportation have been revealed. Finally, some solution proposals aiming to encourage the use of pedestrian transportation and micro mobility vehicles in order to reduce motor land vehicles are presented.

Keywords:

Air pollution; Urban transport; Pedestrians

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Kuşkapan, E., & Çodur, M. Y. (2022). Promoting Pedestrian Transportation to Reducing Air Pollution from Urban Transport. Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences, 4(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v4i1.4570

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Vol. 4 , Iss. 1 (April 2022)

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