The invention discloses a main line 
green wave coordination 
control signal time method for optimizing 
exhaust gas emission. The method comprises the following steps that first, the basic traffic parameter of a main line is surveyed and obtained, and a vehicle 
exhaust gas emission calculating platform is initialized; second, the basic parameter of a multi-objective 
genetic method is set, and a 
population of the multi-objective 
genetic method is initialized; third, based on the platform, the adaptive degrees of all individuals in the 
population are calculated; fourth, the non-domination sequence and the visual adaptive degree of the individuals in the 
population are calculated, a progeny population is generated through genetic section, genetic cross and 
genetic variation, and the adaptive degrees of all individuals of the progeny population are calculated; fifth, the population and the progeny population are combined to obtain a 
new population, the non-domination sequence and the congestion degree of all individuals of the 
new population are calculated, the individuals are chosen based on the non-domination sequence and the congestion degree, and the next generation population is obtained; six, when 
evolution algebra is larger than the best 
evolution algebra, execution of the method is completed, all the individuals with the non-domination sequence being equal to 1 in the last generation population are used as a final noninferior solution to be output, and the timing scheme in which the vehicle average 
delay and vehicle 
exhaust gas emission are comprehensively considered is obtained.