The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program : assessing 10 years of experience / Committee for the Evaluation of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Evaluation of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program.

Series:

Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ; 264.

Special report ; 264

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air quality management--United States--Finance.

Air quality management.

Urban transportation--United States--Planning--Finance.

Urban transportation.

Federal aid to transportation--United States.

Federal aid to transportation.

Traffic congestion--United States--Prevention.

Traffic congestion.

Urban transportation policy--United States.

Urban transportation policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program was enacted as part of the surface transportation legislation. This work recommends that Congress retain the sole federal surface transportation program that funds projects to reduce pollution and traffic congestion in areas that must comply with national air quality standards.

Contents:

""Special Report 264 - The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program: Assessing 10 Years of Experience""; ""Front matter""; ""SR264 - The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program:Assessing 10 Years of Experience""; ""Publication Notice""; ""The National Academies""; ""Committee for the Evaluation of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Box ES-1. Transportation Control Measures Included in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Eligible for CMAQ Funding""

""FIGURE ES- 1 CMAQ Spending Priorities (FY1992-1999)""""Chapter 1 - Introduction""; ""INTRODUCTION TO THE CMAQ PROGRAM""; ""STUDY CHARGE""; ""STUDY APPROACH""; ""REPORT ORGANIZATION""; ""FIGURE 1-1 Flow of potential CMAQ project outcomes.""; ""Chapter 2 - Context of the CMAQ Program""; ""THE CMAQ PROGRAM AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT""; ""THE CMAQ PROGRAM AND CONGESTION MITIGATION""; ""FUTURE PROGRAM DIRECTION""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION""; ""TABLE 2-1 Contribution of Transportation to Emissions of Criteria Pollutants in the United States, 1999""

""TABLE 2-2 Growth in Urban Miles, Lane Miles, and Vehicle-Miles Traveled""""TABLE 2-3 Air Quality Status of Congested Urban Areas""; ""TABLE 2-4 Examples of CMAQ-Eligible Projects That Provide Congestion Relief and Their Effects""; ""TABLE 2-5 Federal Exhaust Emission Standards""; ""TABLE 2-6 Federal Exhaust Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines""; ""FIGURE 2-1 Sources of criteria air pollutants.""; ""FIGURE 2-2 Estimated mobile-source emissions by vehicle and fuel type.""

""FIGURE 2-3 Private-vehicle trip lengths and travel times in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1983, 1990, 1995.""""FIGURE 2-4 Speed Correction Factors from MOBILE6 for Freeways by Average Speed (mph) for Tier 1 Normal Emitting Gasoline-Fuel""; ""FIGURE 2-5 Speed Correction Factors from MOBILE6 for Arterial and Collector Roadways by Average Speed (mph) for Tier 1 Normal""; ""Chapter 3 - Overview of CMAQ Program Operations""; ""PROGRAM OPERATION""; ""HISTORY OF CMAQ PROGRAM SPENDING""; ""CASE STUDY RESULTS""; ""SUMMARY AND FINDINGS""

""Box 3-1. Transportation Control Measures Included in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Eligible for CMAQ Funding""""TABLE 3-1 CMAQ Fiscal Year 1992-1999 Apportionments to the 14 Largest State Recipients""; ""TABLE 3-2 Weighting Factors Used for CMAQ Apportionments Under TEA-21""; ""TABLE 3-3 Expansion of CMAQ Database Project Classification Scheme""; ""TABLE 3-4 CMAQ Obligations by Type of Project for Each Fiscal Year""; ""TABLE 3-5 CMAQ Project Size Analysis, Fiscal Years 1992-1999""; ""TABLE 3-6 CMAQ Obligations by Type of Project for Each Region (fiscal years 1992�1999)""

""TABLE 3-7 Criteria for Selection of Case Study Sites""

Notes:

"Transportation Research Board, National Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-55021-1

OCLC:

923274126