Exhaust gases and the eco-efficiency comparison between the most used means of transportation in Macaé, RJ

Authors

  • Diego Tudesco Moreira Rocha
  • Cristine Nunes Ferreira

Keywords:

Passengers. Transportation. Air pollutants.

Abstract

For the last few years, the city of Macaé has been suffering an impact on urban traffic due to increasing in number of vehicles. Between December 2010 and June 2011, for example, there was an increase of 1,974 cars (DETRAN-RJ, 2011). The oil industry caused a population growth of 159,507 inhabitants in the city between 1970 and 2010 (IBGE, 2012; TERRA e RESSIGUIER, 2011). With the increase in passenger transport demand, besides the increase in number of cars, the quantity of buses also registered a duplication of fleet between 2008 and 2011 (MELO, 2008; SIT, 2011). This study approaches a comparison between air pollutant emissions from cars and buses, the most commonly used transportation in Macaé. Despite an increase in number of cars, buses present a better cost-benefit because of pollutant per passenger-kilometer factor.

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Author Biographies

  • Diego Tudesco Moreira Rocha
    Engenheiro Civil da Fundação Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem do estado do Rio de Janeiro, DER/RJ. Atualmente é membrodo corpo técnico do Movimento Ferrovia Viva - AAPEFRFFSA (trabalho voluntário em Infraestrutura de Transportes e Patologia).Possui experiência na área de Construção Civil, Contenções, Patologias e Infraestrutura de Transportes.
  • Cristine Nunes Ferreira
    Doutora em Física pela Universidade Federal Fluminense; Professora do Programa de Mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental doInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense, IF Fluminense, Brasil.

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2011)

Section

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Exhaust gases and the eco-efficiency comparison between the most used means of transportation in Macaé, RJ. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 2, p. 125–134, 2012. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/2177-4560.20110019.. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.