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 (FY1992- 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 Traveled -- TABLE 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 1992-1999 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 1992-1999 -- TABLE 3-6 CMAQ Obligations by Type of Project for Each Region (fiscal years 1992-1999) -- TABLE 3-7 Criteria for Selection of Case Study Sites -- FIGURE 3-1 CMAQ project selection process. -- FIGURE 3-2 CMAQ Spending Priorities (fiscal years 1992-1999). -- FIGURE 3-3 U.S. Department of Transportation regions. -- Chapter 4 - Assessment -- COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CMAQ PROJECTS AND ALTERNATIVE POLLUTION CONTROL STRATEGIES -- PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CASE STUDIES -- COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT AND FINDINGS -- BOX 4-1 CMAQ Success Stories -- BOX 4-2 Wendella RiverBus Service, Chicago -- TABLE 4-1 Mobile Source Pollution Control Strategies and Potential Impacts Analyzed for This Study -- TABLE 4-2 Summary of Cost-Effectiveness of CMAQ-Eligible Projects by Strategy -- TABLE 4-3 Number of CMAQ Project Examples by Project Category and Cost-Effectiveness Level -- TABLE 4-4 Summary of Cost-Effectiveness of Non-CMAQ-Eligible Mobile Source Control Measures -- TABLE 4-5 Number of Non-CMAQ-Eligible Mobile Source Control Measures by Project Category and Cost-Effectiveness Level.

FIGURE 4-1 Range of cost-effectiveness results (in / ton) for CMAQ-eligible strategies -- FIGURE 4-2 Range of cost-effectiveness results (/ ton) for non-CMAQ-eligible mobile source control measures -- Chapter 5 - Findings and Recommendations -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- Appendix A - Text of Congressional Request -- Appendix B - Note on the Formation of Ozone and Secondary Fine Particulate Matter -- OZONE FORMATION -- FORMATION OF SECONDARY FINE PARTICULATES -- Appendix C - Analysis of the CMAQ Database -- CLASSIFICATION OF PROJECTS -- COMPOSITION OF THE CMAQ PROGRAM -- EMISSION REDUCTIONS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CMAQ PROJECTS -- SUMMARY AND AUTHOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS -- Appendix D - Interview Guide and Site Visit Results -- INTERVIEW GUIDE -- ALBANY SITE VISIT -- CHICAGO SITE VISIT -- WASHINGTON, D.C., SITE VISIT -- HOUSTON SITE VISIT -- LOS ANGELES SITE VISIT -- Appendix E - Cost-Effectiveness of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Strategies -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- METHODOLOGY -- COST-EFFECTIVENESS FINDINGS -- ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS -- FINAL THOUGHTS AND CLOSING -- Appendix E Literature Sources Reviewed in CMAQ Evaluation Paper -- Appendix E Table Annex -- Appendix F - Cost-Effectiveness of Mobile Source Non-CMAQ Control Measures: Methodological Issues and Summary of Recent Resul -- INTRODUCTION -- NON-CMAQ MOBILE SOURCE CONTROL MEASURES INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY -- METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN MOBILE SOURCE COST-EFFECTIVENESS CALCULATIONS -- REVIEW OF PAST STUDIES: KEY ASSUMPTIONS IN INDIVIDUAL STUDIES AND ADJUSTMENTS APPLIED TO THEM -- SUMMARY OF ORIGINAL AND ADJUSTED ESTIMATES OF MOBILE SOURCE COST-EFFECTIVENESS VALUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUMMARY OF STATIONARY SOURCE EMISSION CONTROL COST-EFFECTIVENESS -- Study Committee Biographical Information -- Back Cover.