@article{jap2015312,
author={Trentini, Andrea},
title={Verifying Traffic Ban Effects on Air Pollution},
journal={Journal of Atmospheric Pollution},
volume={3},
number={1},
pages={9--14},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jap/3/1/2},
abstract={Air pollution started to become a problem for human beings with the industrial revolution, but nowadays, with the introduction of laws against emissions (e.g., the EuroX normative), the situa- tion is getting better. Moreover, governments must constantly monitor pollution levels to check policies effects. This article describes a method to verify traffic ban effect claims on air pollution using monitored data. In Lombardia (our region), ARPA (the local EPA) maintains pollution monitoring stations from down- town Milano to remote places near the mountains since 1999. Measured data are ¡°somewhat¡± available through ARPA¡¯s website. ¡°Somewhat¡± because a CAPTCHA protected download request form must be filled up for every combination of (station, pollutant, time-frame <i>&lt; </i>1 yr). In 2003 the Lombardia government introduced a vehicle ban to reduce air pollution. Then, more recently (in 2008 and 2012) the Milano City Council introduced a stricter ban. The author implemented an automated (in place since 2004) data collecting ¡°web gatherer¡± to overcome ARPA¡¯s overcomplicated download procedure and, above all, <b>to verify air pollution reduction claims</b>. Data are published on the author¡¯s website and this paper presents a method to analyse effects on air pollution and to verify policies claims.},
doi={10.12691/jap-3-1-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}