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  • Special Report 264
  • The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program: Assessing 10 Years of Experience
  • Frontmatter
  • SR264
  • The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program:Assessing 10 Years of Experience
  • Publication Notice
  • The National Academies
  • Committee for the Evaluation of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Box ES-1. Transportation Control Measures Included in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Eligible for CMAQ Funding
  • ""FIGURE ES- 1 CMAQ Spending Priorities (FY1992â€? 1999)""""Chapter 1
  • Introduction""; ""INTRODUCTION TO THE CMAQ PROGRAM""; ""STUDY CHARGE""; ""STUDY APPROACH""; ""REPORT ORGANIZATION""; ""FIGURE 1-1 Flow of potential CMAQ project outcomes.""; ""Chapter 2
  • Context of the CMAQ Program""; ""THE CMAQ PROGRAM AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT""; ""THE CMAQ PROGRAM AND CONGESTION MITIGATION""; ""FUTURE PROGRAM DIRECTION""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION""; ""TABLE 2-1 Contribution of Transportation to Emissions of Criteria Pollutants in the United States, 1999""
  • TABLE 2-2 Growth in Urban Miles, Lane Miles, and Vehicle-Miles TraveledTABLE 2-3 Air Quality Status of Congested Urban Areas
  • TABLE 2-4 Examples of CMAQ-Eligible Projects That Provide Congestion Relief and Their Effects
  • TABLE 2-5 Federal Exhaust Emission Standards
  • TABLE 2-6 Federal Exhaust Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines
  • FIGURE 2-1 Sources of criteria air pollutants.
  • FIGURE 2-2 Estimated mobile-source emissions by vehicle and fuel type.
  • FIGURE 2-3 Private-vehicle trip lengths and travel times in Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1983, 1990, 1995. FIGURE 2-4 Speed Correction Factors from MOBILE6 for Freeways by Average Speed (mph) for Tier 1 Normal Emitting Gasoline-Fuel
  • FIGURE 2-5 Speed Correction Factors from MOBILE6 for Arterial and Collector Roadways by Average Speed (mph) for Tier 1 Normal
  • Chapter 3
  • Overview of CMAQ Program Operations
  • PROGRAM OPERATION
  • HISTORY OF CMAQ PROGRAM SPENDING
  • CASE STUDY RESULTS
  • SUMMARY AND FINDINGS
  • ""Box 3-1. Transportation Control Measures Included in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Eligible for CMAQ Funding""""TABLE 3-1 CMAQ Fiscal Year 1992â€?1999 Apportionments to the 14 Largest State Recipients""; ""TABLE 3-2 Weighting Factors Used for CMAQ Apportionments Under TEA-21""; ""TABLE 3-3 Expansion of CMAQ Database Project Classification Scheme""; ""TABLE 3-4 CMAQ Obligations by Type of Project for Each Fiscal Year""; ""TABLE 3-5 CMAQ Project Size Analysis, Fiscal Years 1992â€?1999""; ""TABLE 3-6 CMAQ Obligations by Type of Project for Each Region (fiscal years 1992â€?1999)""