Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality and Mortality across Continental United States – A Data Driven Approach

This study aims to integrate observational air quality data from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other state agencies monitoring networks with satellite data and epidemiological studies to quantify, on short-term and long-term scales, the health benefits of the lockdown measures imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research team will analyze the role of different emission sectors and systems as well as the role of meteorology in contributing to the observed decrease in PM2·5 concentrations. The research team will compare the mortality burden from COVID-19 to the avoided deaths resulting from improved air quality. In addition, the human, social, and political dynamics leading to different risk perceptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic versus a global environmental crisis will be explored, and the implications of these differences for policy making.

• Record URL:
  https://www.carteeh.org/effects-of-covid-19-lockdown-on-air-quality-and-mortality-across-continental-united-states-a-data-driven-approach/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $50000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747128

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Researchh in Transportation Emissionss, Energy and Health

  Texas A&M Transportation Instiitute
  College Station, Texas  United States  77843
• Project Managers:

  Farzaneh, Reza

  Johnson, Jeremy

  Khreis, Haneen

  Rezaee, Arman

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

  400 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South
  Suite 300
  College Station, TX  United States  77845-4375
• Principal Investigators:

  Jaikumar, Rohit

• Start Date: 20210101
• Expected Completion Date: 20211231
• Actual Completion Date: 20211231
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 05-39-TTI

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Benefits; Communicable diseases; COVID-19; Data analysis; Economic forecasting; Fatalities; Health; Meteorology; Mobility; Particulates; Policy; Policy making; Political factors; Pollutants; Risk assessment; Social factors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01765848
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747128
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 23 2021 6:23PM