&EPA
United States     Air and Radiation  EPA420-F-99-012
Environmental Protection         April 1999

Agency


Office of Mobile Sources
TheTRAQ  Center
EPA's Transportation Air Quality Center
EPA's Transportation Air Quality Center

www.epa.gov/oms/traq

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TRAQ:  EPA's Transportation  Air Quality Center
  The Challenge:
      More cars, more trips, more miles are offsetting the fact that cars are cleaner.

  Meeting the Challenge:
                       EPA's  TRAQ  Center
  1, Providing Access to
     Critical Information
       Website links
       Guidance documents
       Information request line
       Searchable Databases
       Technical publications
       Grant funding sources
                         A forum for solutions

Goals
• Cleaner, healthier air
• National, community, and    4. Supporting
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  individual mobility
• Balanced approach among
  economic, environmental,
  and  equity concerns
                      Partnerships:

                      • Promote innovative
                        State and Local
                        programs
                      • Provide targeted
                        partnership grants
    2» Providing Technical Assistance
       • Best practice guides
       • Modeling tools and expertise
       • Consultation and on-going technical support
O. Assisting Transportation/Air Quality
   Practitioners to:
   •  Integrate air quality and transportation plans
   •  Enhance public education efforts
   •  Launch and evaluate voluntary programs
   •  Meet air quality goals
   •  Implement Comprehensive Commuter Choice
     Programs

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Examples of TRAQ Center Partnerships

*  Commuter Choice Initiative
   Encouraging commuting choices other than solo vehicle driving
   by taking advantage of recently passed tax incentives for transit,
   vanpooling, and parking benefits.

•  "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" Initiative
   National and community-based effort to educate the driving
   public about the importance of personal travel decisions,
   alternatives to driving alone, and  the resulting impact on air
   quality and congestion.

•  Let Kids Lead
   Involving youth  in decision-making processes to effectively
   reduce emissions from travel activity.

•  Heavy Duty Vehicle Retrofit
   Providing technical assistance to New Jersey to implement heavy
   duty retrofit program for SIP credit, plus reviewing other tech-
   nologies and programs for potential credit.

•  Emissions  Calculation Tool
   Spreadsheet for estimating emissions reductions benefits of
   Commuter Choice Programs and other voluntary Transportation
   programs. The model can be used to provide emissions benefits
   to be included in SIPs on an area-wide basis or to estimate bene-
   fits  achieved from  site-specific employer programs.

•  Clean Air Brownfields Pilot
   Effort to quantify air quality benefits of redeveloping brownfield
   sites within a city.

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               Make your first stop our website:

               www.epa.gov/oms/traq

          or call our Information Request Phone Line:
                        (734) 214-4100
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      TRAQ
       EPA's  Transportation Air Quality Center
       2000 Traverwond  Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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