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EPA Car used for testing emission issues

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Geospartial Monitoring of Air Pollution (GMAP) (PDF) (2 pp, 1.7 Mb)
Source Impact Monitoring (SIM)
- Vegetative & Structural Barriers Research (PDF) (4 pp, 307 Kb)
- Rail yard
Remote Emissions Measurement (REM)
- Tracer Correlation (TC) to include DAQPS, Landfills, and CRADA
- Direct Measurement (DM)
Future Research

EPA's near roadway research will provide important scientific data and tools needed by federal, state and local governments and organizations to make decisions about road projects and to address health concerns related to roadways. The research will be used in the development of federal regulatory and voluntary programs to reduce air pollution near roadways. State highway and environmental agencies can use the science to assess the local health impacts of transportation decisions.

The information also can assist communities in evaluating traffic emissions impacts related to construction or other road-related activities. For example, this research will inform local school districts facing decisions on whether to locate new schools near large roadways, and ways to mitigate impacts from local roads on existing schools.

With data collected from the roadway studies, numerous scientific papers and products will be prepared that will improve knowledge about the impacts of traffic emissions on air quality near roads and the possible links to adverse health effects.

A few examples include:

Updating its AERMOD model to provide features that enable modelers to predict near-roadway emissions under different scenarios.
Developing guidance for organizations implementing or interpreting data from near-roadway monitoring stations to provide the ability to predict air quality under certain traffic scenarios
Developing guidance to transportation and urban planners on potential mitigation benefits of roadway design options.

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