Making Clean Air Zones easier, cheaper, quicker & smarter- enabling emission-based pricing

让清洁空气区变得更容易、更便宜、更快捷

• 批准号: 103888
• 金额: $ 16.55万
• 依托单位: ELECTRIC BLUE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103888
• 关键词: Making; Clean; Air; Zones; easier

Poor air quality in populated areas is widely recognised as a national public health issue. In an attempt to combat this and reduce emissions in our cities, the UK Gov has allocated £101m for the creation of 6 ‘Clean Air Zones’ - designated areas where restrictions and charges can be placed on the most polluting vehicles. Original proposals contained plans for 16 CAZs however these plans were curtailed by the high cost of current ANPR technology and is a major barrier to any future voluntary adoption. We aim to address this by using telematics, GPS and geofence technology to create a low cost, integrated solution that can be rapidly deployed to improve air quality. The system will be able to track activity within the CAZ and a vehicle's emissions footprint, enabling the development of an emission based pricing model - penalising heavy polluters and incentivising low emission behaviours. Our system requires no heavy road infrastructure, no disruption and will integrate with local authority traffic and parking systems. Our initial findings suggest that we can reduce the capital cost of a CAZ system by >90% and running cost by >50%.

人口稠密地区的空气质量差被广泛认为是一个国家公共卫生问题。为了解决这个问题并减少城市的排放，英国政府拨款 1.01 亿英镑创建 6 个“清洁空气区”——指定区域，可以对污染最严重的车辆进行限制和收费。最初的提案包含 16 个 CAZ 的计划，但这些计划因当前 ANPR 技术的高成本而受到限制，并且是未来自愿采用的主要障碍。我们的目标是通过使用远程信息处理、GPS 和地理围栏技术来解决这个问题，创建一个低成本的集成解决方案，可以快速部署以改善空气质量。该系统将能够跟踪 CAZ 内的活动和车辆的排放足迹，从而能够开发基于排放的定价模型 - 惩罚严重污染者并激励低排放行为。我们的系统不需要重型道路基础设施，不会造成干扰，并将与当地政府的交通和停车系统集成。我们的初步研究结果表明，我们可以将 CAZ 系统的资本成本降低 90% 以上，并将运行成本降低 50% 以上。