Essays about: "Annual daily traffic"

Found 5 essays containing the words Annual daily traffic.

  1. 1. Water quality improvement of highway runoff by the filter material D-Rainclean : A five-month field trial

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : William Gulding; [2023]
    Keywords : Adsorption; D-Rainclean; metal removal; Reactive filter; stormwater treatment;

    Abstract : Highway runoff and its pollutants are of growing concern. These pollutants require treatment as their concentration often are increased. A common removal method is the use of sedimentation ponds that removes particulates through gravity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wildlife-vehicle collisions : An evaluation of the mitigation effect by ecoducts and fauna bridges in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Anna Rietz; [2023]
    Keywords : Space time pattern mining; Space time cube; Emerging hot spot analysis; Overlay analysis; Bivariate choropleth map; ArcGIS Pro; Wildlife-vehicle collision WVC ; Annual daily traffic;

    Abstract : The occurrence of wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) is an increasing problem in Sweden with a calculated increase of 45 percent from 2015 to 2022. The highest measured number of WVCs occurred in 2021 with over 67,000 reported incidents, where only the payment for the search of wounded animals were approximately 60 million Swedish crowns. READ MORE

  4. 3. Modelling the Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics Caused by Tyre Wear on Highway E18

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Aniruddha Kshirsagar; [2023]
    Keywords : Tyre Wear Plastics; stormwater system; Microplastics; settling; hetero-aggregation; modelling; Modellering; mikroplaster;

    Abstract : The accumulation of microplastics (MPs) are a growing concern for the environment, the maximum contributor to the MP pollution is tyre wear particles or TWPs. TWPs can accumulate in the environment and remain there for long periods of time and hence have the ability to disrupt ecosystems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Urban Planning for Better Air Quality : A case study of the Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods in London

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Greta Gustafsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods; London; Green Infrastructure; Urban Planning; Air Pollution;

    Abstract : Air pollution affects the environment negatively, boosts climate change, and is the cause of millions of deaths per year, first and foremost affecting the people living in urban areas. Since the early 20th century, many cities have been planned around cars, which are the main contributors to the bad air quality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Free cow traffic in automatic milking systems (AMS) : a case study on nine commercial dairy farms in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Julia Beck; [2014]
    Keywords : Cow traffic; Automatic milking systems; AMS;

    Abstract : In Automatic Milking Systems (AMS), cows are kept in a free stall barn equipped with one or several milking units (MU). The cows’ activities in the system are called cow traffic. There are three types of cow traffic systems: guided, partly-guided and free. READ MORE