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Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models

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Installation, Warnings and Errors

  • What Should I Do About this Warning: "Warning: A Work File Failed. Calculations will be Retried. No data has been lost."?

  • What are Possible Causes of MySQL Query Errors?

  • When I Click on Produce Summary Report Following an Emission Rates Run, Why Do I Get An Error Message that says "Database Error Occurred Trying to Produce Report Header Table"?


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MOVES Capabilities

  • Is There a Way to Model Emissions of a Single Vehicle on a Given Route in MOVES?

  • Does MOVES Incorporate Anticipated Improvements in VOC Emission Factors Resulting from Improved Fuel Economy?

  • Can MOVES Report Output in Terms of Fuel Consumption?

  • Does MOVES2014 Have the Capacity for Modeling Mid-Level Ethanol Blends?

  • How do I output rates by VSP bin?

  • Can I model emissions from Electric, Fuel-Cell, and Hybrid Vehicles and Equipment in MOVES?


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MOVES Inputs

  • How does the Fuel Wizard Determine which Fuel Formulations to Modify?

  • Where Can I Find Default HPMSBaseYearVMT Values for a Specific County?

  • What are the Units of Road Grade in the Links Table?

  • How Do I Create my Own I/M Program Input Table Using the "Create Template" Option?


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Understanding MOVES Results

  • What Pollutants are Included in “oxides of nitrogen” in MOVES?

  • Why Doesn't my Output Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Match my Input VMT?

  • What Drives Seasonal CO Emission Trends?

  • Why Are There No Emissions for the Early and Late Hours of the Day for Certain Source Types?


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Modeling Nonroad Equipment

  • Why in my Nonroad Results do I Have a fuelTypeID not Listed in the FuelType Table?

  • How Can I Reduce the Time Needed to Run the Nonroad Emission Factor Post-Processing Scripts?

  • How can I Install the NONROAD Model?

  • Can N2O (nitrous oxide) Emissions be Estimated in the MOVES Nonroad Model?

  • How Do I get Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) Results for Nonroad Equipment?


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MOVES Categories Terminology

  • What is the Meaning of the MOVESScenarioID Field? What Conditions Must User-Defined MOVESScenarioIDs Meet?

  • What is Vehicle Specific Power (VSP)?

  • How are the Number of Weekdays and Weekend Days in each Month Determined in MOVES?


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MOVES and Related Models

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Last updated on August 19, 2025
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