Air Quality and Congestion Mitigation Measure Outcomes Assessment Study: Summary Report of Findings

Section 1113 (c) of MAP-21 directed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to conduct an Air Quality and Congestion Mitigation Measure Outcome Study to examine the outcomes of actions funded under the CMAQ program since the enactment of SAFETEA-LU. The goals of this study are three-fold: (1) assess and document estimated emission reduction, air quality, and human health impacts of federally-supported surface transportation actions intended to reduce emissions or lessen traffic congestion and expand on the base of empirical evidence on those impacts; (2) increase the knowledge of other information to more accurately understand the validity of current estimation and modeling routines and ways to improve those routines; and (3) increase the knowledge of factors determining the human health changes associated with these transportation actions. This Air Quality and Congestion Mitigation Outcomes Assessment Study: Summary Report of Findings presents the major findings of the study. Further details on study methodologies, case study results, and findings are presented in the separate Air Quality and Congestion Mitigation Outcomes Assessment Study: Final Technical Report.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53731
• Summary URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53732
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201-2693

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Summary Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 59p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Congestion management systems; Exhaust gases; Public health; Traffic congestion
• Identifier Terms: Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21); Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01758969
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HEP-15-008
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-14-H-00001
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 24 2020 12:24PM