Project Summary
This project will develop an integrated analytical framework to determine changes in traffic at various scales (local, corridor level, and regional) due to the COVID-19 sheltering-in-place orders measures and conduct an analysis of the relationship of traffic-related changes to critical air pollutant concentrations. Traffic data and air quality data will be used from various existing sources, along with satellite-based measurements to complement the land-based measurements. The research team will estimate spatial-temporal changes in emissions for several traffic-related pollutants (e.g., NOX, CO, CO2, and HC). The team will then conduct a map-based relationship analysis between localized air-quality monitoring data and the estimated emissions. Finally, the team will overlay the map on CalEnviroScreen maps and correlate the changes with geographic locations of disadvantaged communities.
