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gtfs2emis is an R package to estimate the emission levels of public transport vehicles based on General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data. The package requires two main inputs: i) public transport data in GTFS standard format; and ii) some basic information on fleet characteristics such as vehicle age, technology, fuel, and Euro stage. As it stands, the package estimates several pollutants (see table below) at high spatial and temporal resolutions. Pollution levels can be calculated for specific transport routes, trips, time of the day, or for the transport system as a whole. The output with emission estimates can be extracted in different formats, supporting analysis of how emission levels vary across space, time, and by fleet characteristics. A full description of the methods used in the gtfs2emis model is presented in Vieira, Pereira and Andrade (2022).
Installation
You can install gtfs2emis
:
# From CRAN
install.packages("gtfs2emis")
library(gtfs2emis)
# or use the development version with latest features
utils::remove.packages('gtfs2emis')
devtools::install_github("ipeaGIT/gtfs2emis")
library(gtfs2emis)
Usage and Data requirements
The gtfs2emis
package has two core functions.
-
transport_model()
converts GTFS data into a GPS-like table with the space-time positions and speeds of public transport vehicles. The only input required is aGTFS.zip
feed. -
emission_model()
estimates hot-exhaust emissions based on four inputs:
-
- the result from the
transport_model()
;
- the result from the
-
- a
data.frame
with info on fleet characteristics;
- a
-
- a
string
indicating which emission factor model should be considered;
- a
-
- a
string
indicating which pollutants should be estimated.
- a
To help users analyze the output from emission_model()
, the
gtfs2emis
package has few functions:
emis_to_dt()
to convert the output ofemission_model()
fromlist
todata.table
.emis_summary()
to aggregate emission estimates by the time of the day, vehicle type, or road segment.emis_grid()
to spatially aggregate emission estimates using any custom spatial grid or polygons.
Demonstration on sample data
To illustrate functionality, the package includes small sample data sets
of the public transport and fleet of Curitiba (Brazil), Detroit (USA),
and Dublin (Ireland). Estimating the emissions of a given public
transport system using gtfs2emis
can be done in three simple steps, as
follows.
1. Run transport model
The first step is to use the transport_model()
function to convert
GTFS data into a GPS-like table, so that we can get the space-time
position and speed of each vehicle of the public transport system at
high spatial and temporal resolutions.
# read GTFS.zip
gtfs_file <- system.file("extdata/irl_dub_gtfs.zip", package = "gtfs2emis")
gtfs <- gtfstools::read_gtfs(gtfs_file)
# generate transport model
tp_model <- transport_model(gtfs_data = gtfs,spatial_resolution = 100,parallel = TRUE)
2. Prepare fleet data
The second step is to prepare a data.frame
with some characteristics
of the public transport fleet. Note that different emission factor
models may require information on different fleet characteristics, such
as vehicle age, type, Euro standard, technology, and fuel. This can be
either: - A simple table with the overall composition of the fleet. In
this case, the gtfs2emis
will assume that fleet is homogeneously
distributed across all routes; OR - A detailed table that (1) brings
info on the characteristics of each vehicle and, (2) tells the
probability with which each vehicle type is allocated to each transport
route.
Here is what a simple fleet table to be used with the EMEP-EEA emission factor model looks like:
fleet_file <- system.file("extdata/irl_dub_fleet.txt", package = "gtfs2emis")
fleet_df <- read.csv(fleet_file)
fleet_df
#> veh_type euro fuel N fleet_composition tech
#> 1 Ubus Std 15 - 18 t III D 10 0.00998004 -
#> 2 Ubus Std 15 - 18 t IV D 296 0.29540918 SCR
#> 3 Ubus Std 15 - 18 t V D 148 0.14770459 SCR
#> 4 Ubus Std 15 - 18 t VI D 548 0.54690619 DPF+SCR
3. Run emission model
In the final step, the emission_model()
function to estimate hot
exhaust emissions of our public transport system. Here, the user needs
to pass the results from transport_model()
, some fleet data as
described above, and select which emission factor model and pollutants
should be considered (see the options available below). The output from
emission_model()
is a list
with several vectors
and data.frames
with emission estimates and related information such as vehicle
variables (fuel
, age
, tech
, euro
, fleet_composition
), travel
variables (slope
, load
, gps
) or pollution (EF
, emi
).
emi_list <- emission_model(tp_model = tp_model
, ef_model = "ef_europe_emep"
, fleet_data = fleet_df
, pollutant = c("NOx","PM10")
)
names(emi_list)
#> [1] "pollutant" "veh_type" "euro"
#> [4] "fuel" "tech" "slope"
#> [7] "load" "speed" "EF"
#> [10] "emi" "fleet_composition" "tp_model"
Emission factor models and pollutants available
Currently, the gtfs2emis
package provides a computational method to
estimate running exhaust emissions factors based on the following
emission factor models:
- Brazil
- CETESB: 2019 model from the Environmental Company of Sao Paulo (CETESB)
- Europe
- EMEP/EEA: European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
- United States
- EMFAC2017/CARB: California Emission Factor model, developed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
- MOVES3/EPA: Vehicle Emission Simulator, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
List of pollutants available by emission factor models
Source | Pollutants |
---|---|
CETESB | CH4, CO, CO2, ETOH, FC (Fuel Consumption), FS (Fuel Sales), gCO2/KWH, gD/KWH, HC, KML, N2O, NH3, NMHC, NO, NO2, NOx, PM10 and RCHO |
EMFAC2017/CARB | CH4, CO, CO2, N2O, NOx, PM10, PM25, ROG (Reactive Organic Gases), SOX, and TOG (Total Organic Gases) |
EMEP/EEA | CH4, CO, CO2, EC, FC, N2O, NH3, NOx, PM10, SPN23 (#kWh), and VOC |
MOVES3/EPA | CH4, CO, CO2, EC, HONO, N2O, NH3, NH4, NO, NO2, NO3, NOx, PM10, PM25, SO2, THC, TOG, and VOC |
Fleet characteristics required by each emission factor model
Source | Buses | Characteristics |
---|---|---|
CETESB | Micro, Standard, Articulated | Age, Fuel, EURO standard |
EMEP/EAA | Micro, Standard, Articulated | Fuel, EURO standard, technology, load, slope |
EMFAC2017/CARB | Urban Buses | Age, Fuel |
MOVES3/EPA | Urban Buses | Age, Fuel |
Emissions from road vehicle tire, brake, and surface wear
gtfs2emis
also provides emissions estimates from tire, brake and
surface wear using the EMEP/EEA
model.
The function estimates emissions of particulate matter (PM),
encompassing black carbon (BC), which arises from distinct sources
(tire, brake, and road surface wear). The focus is on primary particles,
which refer to those that are directly emitted, rather than those
generated from the re-suspension of previously deposited material.
Learn more
Check out the guides for learning everything there is to know about all the different features:
- Getting started
- Defining Fleet data
- Exploring Emission Factors
- Exploring Non Exhaust Emission Factors
Related packages
There are several others transport emissions models available for
different purposes (see below). As of today, gtfs2emis
is the only
method with the capability to estimate emissions of public transport
systems using GTFS data.
- R: vein Bottom-up and top-down inventory using GPS data.
- R: EmissV Top-down inventory.
- Python: PythonEmissData Jupyter notebook to estimate simple top-down emissions.
- Python: YETI YETI - Yet Another Emissions From Traffic Inventory
- Python: mobair bottom-up model using GPS data.
Future enhancements
- Include cold-start, resuspension, and evaporative emissions factors
- Add railway emission factors
Citation
citation("gtfs2emis")
#> To cite gtfs2emis in publications use:
#>
#> Vieira, J. P. B., Pereira, R. H. M., & Andrade, P. R. (2023). Estimating
#> Public Transport Emissions from General Transit Feed Specification Data.
#> Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Volume 119,
#> 103757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103757
#>
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#>
#> @article{vieira2023estimating,
#> title = {Estimating Public Transport Emissions from {{General Transit Feed Specification}} Data},
#> author = {Vieira, Jo{\~a}o Pedro Bazzo and Pereira, Rafael H. M. and Andrade, Pedro R.},
#> year = {2023},
#> month = jun,
#> journal = {Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment},
#> volume = {119},
#> pages = {103757},
#> issn = {1361-9209},
#> doi = {10.1016/j.trd.2023.103757},
#> urldate = {2023-05-06},
#> langid = {english},
#> keywords = {Emission factors,Emission models,GTFS,Gtfs2emis,Public transport emissions,Urban bus}
#> }
Credits <img src="man/figures/ipea_logo.png" alt="ipea" align="right" width="300"/>
The gtfs2emis package is developed by a team at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in collaboration from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), both from Brazil.