Strategic Plan for Particulate Matter Research: 2005-2010

This Strategic Plan for Particulate Matter Research (Strategic Plan) identifies priority particulate matter (PM) research issues for the transportation community for the years 2005 through 2010. It updates and expands on a previous Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) strategic plan for PM research covering the 2000 through 2004 time period (Carr et al., 2002a). This Strategic Plan identifies areas of research that have the greatest potential to yield insights directly applicable to state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and regional Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) charged with developing and implementing transportation plans, programs, and projects. The timeframe for this Strategic Plan extends to 2010 to correspond with PM2.5 attainment planning and the timeframe used by the National Research Council (NRC) for its long-range PM research portfolio (National Research Council, 1998). The FHWA's 1998 National Strategic Plan established the Administration's mission "to continually improve the quality of our Nation's highway system and its intermodal connections" (Federal Highway Administration, 1998). It identified five strategic goals for achieving this mission, one of which was to protect and enhance the natural environment and communities affected by highway transportation. Air quality research, including investigation of PM, was one of the eight program goals established in FHWA's 1998 National Strategic Plan. The document established two criteria for conducting PM-related research: first, to bring a transportation focus to the study of PM issues, and second, to develop applied research products that respond to the needs of transportation and air quality planning practitioners. Multiple organizations sponsor and coordinate PM research. This Strategic Plan was developed to define areas of research that will ultimately assist state DOTs and MPOs, regardless of whether this research is funded by FHWA or other organizations. While FHWA is most interested in applied research addressing mobile source PM pollution, some of the research priorities identified in this Strategic Plan address fundamental questions about sources, characterization, and monitoring of PM that must be understood to assess the impact of mobile sources. Therefore, some of the research priorities identified in this Strategic Plan may be funded either wholly or partially by organizations or agencies other than FHWA. In addition, the research priorities identified in this Strategic Plan reflect, as of 2005, the consensus view of experts from various geographic regions and institutional affiliations. These priorities will undoubtedly change as new scientific information becomes available. Thus, readers should review the report findings presented in this Strategic Plan as a tool to assist in identifying and prioritizing research, but not as an absolute guide.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/pm/research/index.htm
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53687
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Natural and Human Environment, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McCarthy, Michael C
  • Eisinger, Douglas S
  • Hafner, Hilary R
  • Tamura, Todd M
  • Chinkin, Lyle R
  • Roberts, Paul T
  • Clark, Nigel N
  • McMurry, Peter H
  • Winer, Arthur
• Publication Date: 2005-11-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Long range planning; Metropolitan planning organizations; Particulates; Research; State departments of transportation; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Research; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01099027
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: STI-904750.06-2770-FR, FHWA-HEP-07-029
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 13 2008 4:05PM