Analysis of air pollution and noise on low-speed streets

Abstract

Abstract The growth of motorization led to significant changes in the traffic regime on the peripheral streets of big cities. With the transition to market economy, the lower floors of housing stock are massively used for commercial activities. The width of the roads profile is narrowed due to the growth of parallel parking and double-parking. This leads to a decrease in the speed traffic through the streets in residential areas with a significant increase in its intensity. The purpose of the paper is the research of environmental consequences of increasing traffic intensity on residential streets in Perm, especially in the locations of schools and kindergartens. The article presents the main parameters, conditions of full-scale experiments and the results of air pollution measurements and acoustic environment. There are also the values of carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and other air pollution. The study shows that the intensity of traffic at low speed in winter does not affect air pollution. The noise level increases at the intensity of more than 400 units/hour. The results prove the need to study the ecological state of low-speed streets in the development of urban planning documentation and land use as well as development rules.