Carbon Dioxide Emissions Modelling Along the Route Using Various Transportation Modes

Abstract

Growth trends in global demand for passenger and freight transportation will lead to the growth of the transport sector of the economy by 2050 more than double. Such growth is a sign of social and economic progress, the inevitable concomitant of which is increased energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution. In this regard, the economic assessment of the environmental component of the transportation industry becomes relevant. In the paper the authors consider a transport route as an example of the green route formation. The primary criterion is to minimize the carbon footprint when delivering goods from the starting point of Krasnoyarsk to the station Hani. To select a transportation option based on the volume of emissions, the authors calculated options for all route sections, which can be structured according to the“data cube”methodology. The calculations show that a complete railway route is preferable to transportation by road, because the volume of emissions of 1.87 tons is almost 500 times less than by road transport. Nevertheless, it is necessary to consider a more significant number of parameters for a more accurate comparison of the efficiency of transportation routes.