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Project Code [2021-HE-1041]
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Project title
Investigating the impacts of urban railway STATION hubs on AIR quality in its environs
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)
Lead Applicant
John Gallagher
Project Abstract
The overall concept behind the STATION-AIR project is the development of a holistic assessment of diesel train and road traffic emissions that contribute to transport-related air pollution (TRAP) in the environs of large urban railway hubs, and the subsequent delivery of informed policy and design mitigation measures to address the identified impacts. An initial systematic best-practice review will identify appropriate methods for air quality assessment of railway hubs and outline a range of mitigation measures that support improving air quality management in urban railway settings in Ireland. This will shape a preliminary framework for scoping the potential impact of policy and design measures for mitigating exhaust and non-exhaust emissions from diesel trains and road traffic in the environs of urban railway hubs. Through this decision-making process, appropriate sites will be identified, and novel measurement and modelling approaches will be undertaken to generate baseline evidence for each location. This will include participatory air quality monitoring and recruitment through educational citizen science meet-ups, with the use of drone technology to capture environmental data in and around railway stations. The defined air quality mitigation measures will be paired with the appropriate microenvironments considered in the project, accounting for different population groups who are exposed to air pollution in both indoor and outdoor settings in the environs of urban railway stations. The results from the STATION-AIR project will help produce recommendations for improving air quality in the environs of urban railways hubs.
Grant Approved
�348,939.50
Research Hub
Healthy Environment
Initial Projected Completion Date
30/03/2025