Calculation of CO2 Exhausting Volumes by EMME/3 Program Simulation

Abstract

This study attempts to calculate CO2 exhausting volumes as greenhouse gas with the help of EMME/3 program which is one of the most famous simulation tools in the field of transportation planning. Simulation areas are residential blocks of Curitiba (Brazil) worldly famous for carrying out Transit Oriented Development and Changwon (Korea) where Korea Department of Land and Transportation has executed CO2 reduction project. In this study, social and economic factors, transportation facilities and land-use styles in the pilot sites are under monitoring for calculating CO2 exhausting volumes. As a result, this study shows that Curitiba kind of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is less than one tenth of general development concept city. Therefore TOD is strongly recommended as an urban development policy for reducing CO2 exhausting volumes and sustainable development for future generations.