Assessment of long-term and large-scale even-odd license plate controlled plan effects on urban air quality and its implication

作者：Zhao, Suping^*; Yu, Ye; Qin, Dahe; Yin, Daiying; He, Jianjun

来源：Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 170: 82-95.

DOI：10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.09.041

• Lanzhou
• Traffic controls
• Air quality
• Gases pollutants
• PM2.5

To solve traffic congestion and to improve urban air quality, long-lasting and large-scale even-odd license plate controlled plan was implemented by local government during 20 November to 26 December 2016 in urban Lanzhou, a semi-arid valley city of northwest China. The traffic control measures provided an invaluable opportunity to evaluate its effects on urban air quality in less developed cities of northwest China. Based on measured simultaneously air pollutants and meteorological parameters, the abatement of traffic-related pollutants induced by the implemented control measures such as CO, PM2.5 and PM10 (the particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 mu m and 10 mu m) concentrations were firstly quantified by comparing the air quality data in urban areas with those in rural areas (uncontrolled zones). The concentrations of CO, NO2 from motor vehicles and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) were shown to have significant decreases of 15%-23% during traffic control period from those measured before control period with hourly maximum CO, PM2.5, and NO2/SO2 reduction of 43%, 35% and 141.4%, respectively. The influence of the control measures on AQI (air quality index) and ozone was less as compared to its effect on other air pollutants. Therefore, to alleviate serious winter haze pollution in China and to protect human health, the stringent long-term and large-scale even-odd license plate controlled plan should be implemented aperiodically in urban areas, especially for the periods with poor diffusion conditions.

• 出版日期2017-12
• 单位灾害天气国家重点实验室; 中国气象科学研究院; 中国科学院