United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Alt' and Radiation
                                 May 1998
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Introduction
This guide was developed by EPA's Office of Mobile Sources in order to provide our
stakeholders with a listing of available resources and products that will assist communi-
ties in improving air quality and public health while maintaining or improving local
mobility. The goal of the Transportation Air Quality (TRAQ) Center is to put national
EPA resources to work in communities across the United States. The resources listed on
the following pages can help you:

     ~ integrate air quality and transportation plans.
     ~ manage sprawl by providing tools to assess the best growth choices for your
       community.
     ~ launch and evaluate voluntary Transportation Demand Measures (TDM) and
       Transportation Control Measures (TCM) programs.
     ~ access helpful information.
     ~ enhance local public education efforts.
     ~ create new transportation solutions.
TRAQ Web site: The documents and databases described here are available electroni-
cally from the EPA Internet server at:
    http://www.epa.gov/omswww/traq

TRAQ Information Request Line: (734) 214-4100

Ordering Publications: Unless otherwise noted, these publications are available from
the National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI). Your
publication requests can be mailed, called, or faxed directly to:

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    NCEPI
    P.O. Box 42419
    Cincinnati, OH 45242

    Phone: (800)490-9198
    FAX:  (513)489-8695

You may also order publications from NCEPI via the Internet at:
     http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/index.html

If you need a publication that is not available through NCEPI, call the TRAQ Information
Request Line for assistance.

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 Electronic Clearinghouses
 The following databases are available on the world wide web at:
  www.epa.gov/omswww/traq
Survey of Episodic Control Programs
    This resource for episodic control information includes collected data on episodic
    control programs currently implemented or under development across the country.
    (Not available through NCEPI.)                                         	

Market Incentives Resource Center (MIRC) for Air Quality Programs
    The MIRC provides information on market incentive programs (e.g., transportation
    pricing and emissions trading programs) in the U.S. (Not available through NCEPI.)

Smart Travel Resource Center (STRC)
    This electronic clearinghouse provides access to summaries of public education
    programs around the country that address transportation and air quality issues. (Not
    available through NCEPI.)

Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) database
    The TCM database is an on-line searchable directory on TCM programs operating
     around the country. It also has 14 technical overviews on different types of TCMs.
    The technical overviews include descriptions of how the measures work. (Not
     available through NCEPI.)
  Transportation Conformity
  Conformity is a way to ensure that federal funding and approval are given to those
  transportation activities that are consistent with air quality goals. Conformity
  rulemakings, accompanying outreach materials, and policy memoranda may be
  downloaded from EPA's conformity web site at www.epa.gov/omswww/conform.htm
 Transportation Conformity: A Basic Guide for State and Local Officials
     DOT published this guide in 1997, in coordination with EPA. The guide provides a
     general overview of conformity: defines conformity, identifies what types of
     transportation projects are subject to conformity, identifies conformity "players,"
     describes players' responsibilities, and explains how the public is involved in the
     conformity process. The basic guide is geared toward local and state elected
     officials, advocacy groups, and  the general public. Interested parties can obtain the
     guide at no cost by calling U.S. DOT's Publications Hotline at (202) 366-2069.

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  Voluntary Mobile Sources Emissions Reduction Program
  Voluntary mobile source emission reduction programs rely on voluntary actions of
  individuals or other parties for achieving emission reductions.
Quantification of Episodic Control Programs
     (EPA420-R-97-003, September 1997) This technical report summarizes information
     obtained through a survey of episodic control programs implemented or under
     development as of September 1996. The report includes a general discussion of the
     benefits of episodic control programs and detailed program profiles for each
     episodic control program surveyed for this report.

Quantification Document
     This easy to use index describes studies aimed at quantifying the emissions benefits
     of a wide range of transportation and voluntary measures. It is a useful tool for
     anyone attempting to quantify emission benefits from transportation control
     measures or voluntary programs. (Available from the TRAQ Information Request
     Line.)

Voluntary Measures and SIP Credits Policy
     This October 23, 1997, memorandum from Richard D. Wilson, Acting
     Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, presents guidance for adopting
     Voluntary Mobile Source Emissions Programs into State Implementation Plans
     (SIPs). The guidance allows for regional EPA approval of a number of community-
     based environmental protection strategies related to transportation or mobile source
     emissions. (Available from the TRAQ Information Request Line.)

Voluntary Mobile Source Programs: Crediting Innovation and Experimentation
     (EPA420-K-97-004, March 1998) This brochure provides basic information about
     the Voluntary Mobile Source Emissions Programs (VMEPs) policy and outlines the
     federal process a state would go through to receive credit for their VMEPs in a SIP.

Protocol Development Guidance: Commuter Choice Programs
     (EPA420-R-98-007, March 1997) This guidance document assists States and
     Federal agencies to calculate the emissions benefits of commuter choice programs.
     By issuing this guidance, EPA hopes to encourage states to experiment with
     incorporating commuter choice programs into their SIPs in order to attain and
     maintain National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Commute benefits, sometimes
     called transportation fringe benefits, are items such as parking spaces, transit passes
     and vanpool subsidies, provided by employers to defray the costs to employees of
     transportation to and from work.

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 Transportation Control Measures
 A popular means to reduce vehicle emissions by encouraging changes in the ways
 people travel.
Transportation Control Measure Information Documents
    (EPA420-R-92-006, March 1992) This report contains information documents on
    the sixteen broad categories of TCMs as required and described under Section 108(f)
    of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Each of the TCM categories is described
    in terms of its objectives, variations in the ways it may be implemented,
    representative examples of actual usage, expected transportation and emissions
    impacts, other potentially important considerations, and a set of implementation
    guidelines that can be followed by state, regional, and local agencies. This document
    is not available electronically. (Available from the TRAQ Information Request
    Line.)

Methodologies for Estimating Emission and Travel Activity Effects of TCMs
    (EPA420-R-94-002, July 1994) This report provides a step by step approach for
    quantitatively estimating the travel and emissions changes that are possible from
    implementing a number of transportation control measures. The report includes
    equations for calculating changes in the number of trips, vehicle miles traveled, and
    speed, as well as methods for estimating emission effects of these travel activity
    changes. (Available from the TRAQ Information Request Line.)

Benefits Estimates for Selected TCM Programs
    (EPA420-R-98-002, May  1998) This report illustrates the use of EPA's
    Methodologies for Estimating Emission and Travel Activity Effects of TCMs by
    applying the methodologies to the estimation of benefits for six operating TCM
    programs.
 Market Incentives
 Programs that use economic incentives as a means of achieving or furthering air
 quality goals.
Opportunities to Improve Air Quality Through Transportation Pricing Programs
     (EPA420-R-97-004, July 1997) This document provides information on
     transportation pricing for state and local air quality and transportation planners,
     government officials and other interested parties.

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Market Incentives Resource Center
    (EPA420-K-97-001, August 1997) This brochure provides step by step.guidance on
    accessing and using the MIRC database.
  Public Education/Outreach
  Activities, programs, and materials which address transportation and air quality issues,
  and are designed to educate, increase awareness, and/or generate environmentally-
  sound travel decisions by citizens.
Transportation Air Quality (TRAQ) Center
     (EPA420-K-97-003, December 1997) This brochure provides a broad overview of
     the kinds of services that the Transportation Air Quality Center provides to state and
     local transportation and air quality officials and others interested in these issues.

Smart Travel Resource Center
     (EPA420-K-97-002, December 1997) This brochure describes how to access and use
     the STRC database.

Transportation and Air Quality Fact sheets:
     •  Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Programs (EPA420-F-97-031, December 1997)
     •  Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs (EPA420-F-97-032, December 1997)
     •  Congestion Pricing (EPA420-F-97-030, December 1997)
     •  Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (EPA420-F-97-
       035, December 1997)
     •  Episodic Emission Control Programs (EPA420-F-97-022, December 1997)
     •  Intelligent Transportation Systems (EPA420-F-97-033, December 1997)
     •  Transportation Control Measures (EPA420-F-97-021, December 1997)

 Driving Alone? An Alternative Might Work Even Better
     (Brochure: EPA420-F-95-011, January 1996; Poster: EPA420-H-95-002, January
     1996) This brochure and poster quote real people describing the reasons they
     telecommute, rideshare,  ride a bus, train, or bike, and participate in a compressed
     work schedule. These documents are aimed at being distributed to commuters at
     work sites. The brochure and poster are designed as companion pieces to locally
     developed materials, although they can also be used alone. (A diskette is available
     with both the poster and the brochure to allow users to add their own local contact
     information to the documents.)

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TDM Case Studies and Commuter Testimonials
    The Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) published this document with
    funding by EPA's Office of Mobile Sources, and support from EPA's Office of
    Policy and Program Evaluation. Successful transportation demand management
    programs are described in 19 case studies. Commuter testimonials cover the
    following areas: bicycle and pedestrian; compressed work week; guaranteed ride
    home; ridesharing; telecommuting; and transit. (Available from the TRAQ Web site,
    and from ACT's TDM Institute at (202) 393-3497.)
  Sustainable Development
  A sustainable condition for this planet is one in which there is stability for both social
  and physical systems, achieved through meeting the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Evaluation of Modeling Tools for Assessing Land Use Policies and Strategies
     (EPA420-R-97-007, August 1997) This report discusses land use strategies and their
     relationship to vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction, and assesses current
     integrated travel demand and land use modeling tools.

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