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Title:

MOVES Project Level Traffic and Air Quality Analyses - A New Collaborative Approach

Accession Number:

01556715

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper discusses a collaborative process developed by the New York City Departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection and the project consultants for calculating emission factors using the Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) software as mandated by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for project level air quality analyses. The process includes the use of new information sources, traffic analysis tools, sensitivity tests to identify key issues and challenges, and refinements to increase the accuracy of the analysis and calculation of emissions factors. The intent was to streamline the process and guide city agencies and consultants responsible for conducting air quality analyses for discretionary actions subject to environmental review under City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) processes. The air quality analysis conducted for a major City-sponsored project is used as an example to describe how the entire process was developed and implemented.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC20 Transportation and Air Quality. Alternate title: MOVES Project-Level Traffic and Air Quality Analyses: New Collaborative Approach

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-1869

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Farrell, Lorraine
Pelaez, Einah Reza M
Comerford, Gary
Frazier, Robert
Goff, Mallory
Ahmed, Shakil
Park, H Joon
Weeks, Andrew J

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-1869

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 12:40PM