Reconciling the Conflict Between Air Quality and Congestion-Relief Objectives of the Transportation Equity Act (TEA- LU)
Two important mandates of the US Department of Transportation are to improve air quality and to relieve congestion. Therefore the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ)program was incorporated in the Safe Accountable Flexible efficient Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users(SAFETEA-LU) Legislation of 2005. There are various measures available to relieve congestion, e.g. traffic control measures, travel demand management measures, Public transportation investment etc. If done carefully, they may reduce pollution because there will be less stop and go traffic. If they are overdone, they may produce additional vehicle miles traveled(induced traffic)resulting in more air pollution. The objective of this proposed research is to investigate various possible ways of congestion mitigation including public transportation that would provide higher pay off in terms of air quality conformity.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Proposed
- Funding: $59755.00
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Contract Numbers:
2008-NBG-1025
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Sponsor Organizations:
California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95843Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Thornton, Rusty
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Performing Organizations:
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
California Polytehcnic State Univeristy
San Luis Obispo, CA United States 93407 -
Principal Investigators:
Mitra, Sudeshna
- Start Date: 20080801
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20091201
- Source Data: RiP Project 18138
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air pollution sources; Air quality management; Public transit; Research projects; Traffic congestion; Transit operating agencies
- Identifier Terms: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01459868
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Leonard Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: 2008-NBG-1025
- Files: UTC, RiP, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:14PM