The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution: A critical review and recommendations

GI Gkatzelis, JB Gilman, SS Brown, H Eskes… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to government interventions to limit the
spread of the disease which are unprecedented in recent history; for example, stay at home …

COVID-19 effects on transport-related air pollutants: insights, evaluations, and policy perspectives

F Cavallaro, S Nocera - Transport Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyses the relationship between Covid-19 and air pollutants resulting from
transportation activities by addressing two research questions. First, it examines the …

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urban transportation and air quality in Canada

X Tian, C An, Z Chen, Z Tian - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The global outbreak and spread of COVID-19 had a significant impact on the environment of
urban areas. This study aimed to provide a new insight into the urban transportation and air …

Adapting urban transport planning to the COVID-19 pandemic: An integrated fermatean fuzzy model

V Simić, I Ivanović, V Đorić, AE Torkayesh - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The critical worldwide problem of adapting urban transport planning to COVID-19 is for the
first time comprehensively addressed and solved in this study. It primarily aims to help …

Improved air quality and associated mortalities in India under COVID-19 lockdown

HR Naqvi, M Datta, G Mutreja, MA Siddiqui… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
India enforced stringent lockdown measures on March 24, 2020 to mitigate the spread of the
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronovirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Here, we examined the …

Effect of road traffic on air pollution. Experimental evidence from COVID-19 lockdown

R Rossi, R Ceccato, M Gastaldi - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increasing concentration of human activities in cities has been leading to a worsening in
air quality, thus negatively affecting the lives and health of humans living in urban contexts …

Field measurements of PM2. 5 infiltration factor and portable air cleaner effectiveness during wildfire episodes in US residences

J Xiang, CH Huang, J Shirai, Y Liu, N Carmona… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildfires have frequently occurred in the western United States (US) during the summer and
fall seasons in recent years. This study measures the PM 2.5 infiltration factor in seven …

US COVID‐19 Shutdown Demonstrates Importance of Background NO2 in Inferring NOx Emissions From Satellite NO2 Observations

Z Qu, DJ Jacob, RF Silvern, V Shah… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite nitrogen dioxide (NO2) measurements are used extensively to infer nitrogen oxide
emissions and their trends, but interpretation can be complicated by background …

Distinct ultrafine particle profiles associated with aircraft and roadway traffic

E Austin, J Xiang, TR Gould, JH Shirai… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The Mobile ObserVations of Ultrafine Particles study was a two-year project to analyze
potential air quality impacts of ultrafine particles (UFPs) from aircraft traffic for communities …

Changes in criteria air pollution levels in the US before, during, and after Covid-19 stay-at-home orders: Evidence from regulatory monitors

B Bekbulat, JS Apte, DB Millet, AL Robinson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The widespread and rapid social and economic changes from Covid-19 response might be
expected to dramatically improve air quality. However, national monitoring data from the US …