[H+T--Friends] Call for Abstracts - 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference - deadline extended to Feb 15, 2016

Greetings subcommittee friends, This call for abstracts may be of interest to you and your networks. If you have any questions regarding the 2016 TPAQ Conference, please contact Dr. Jane Lin at janelin(a)uic.edu. Best, Eloisa Raynault ADD50-1 Co-Chair *** Call for Abstracts 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference "The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air Quality: Confronting the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local Scales" (Conference webpage: http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq) <http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq> The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality Committee (ADC20) invite you to submit an extended abstract for the 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality (TPAQ) Conference. The spotlight theme in 2016 will be "The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air Quality: Confronting the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local Scales." We are specifically interested in abstracts related to the following topics: Multi-modal passenger transportation and air quality issues Freight and non-road transportation and air quality issues Greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies Cost-effectiveness analysis for emission control measures Emissions and air quality impacts of alternative fuels Co-benefits of transportation emissions control, air quality mitigation, and climate change strategies Innovative vehicle and information technology solutions to transportation air quality problems Near-road air quality Dispersion modeling methods and tools Exposure and health effects of air pollution Data for air quality analysis: unconventional sources, collection methods, quality, scarcity, uncertainty, and novel statistical tools for data analytics State-of-the-practice transportation and air quality program implementation and evaluation Other emerging topics in transportation and air quality Extended Abstract Requirements: All extended abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Each extended abstract must provide sufficient detail for reviewers to judge its merit, but cannot exceed 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references) in length, single-spaced, with no less than 11 font size. An extended abstract template is available at http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq/call-for-abstract. Submission Method: Extended abstracts must be submitted electronically to upload.2016_Tr.vrhqkopmhx(a)u.box.com. Submission Deadline: Extended abstracts must be submitted by Monday, February 15th, 2016. Each extended abstract will be reviewed and comments will be provided to the author(s) by Thursday, March 31st, 2016. Conference Co-sponsors: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Minnesota Department of Transportation Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)’s Planning, Economics and Finance Committee, TRB Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies (ADC80) Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Eastern Research Group, Inc. ICF International Resource Systems Group, Inc. Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Conference History The TPAQ Conference, formerly Transportation/Land Use Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ), has been held in the past at different locations: 1993 - Danvers, Massachusetts 1997 - Lake Tahoe, California 1998 - Portland, Oregon 1999 - Lake Lanier, Georgia 2001 - Irvine, California 2007 - Orlando, Florida 2009 - Denver, Colorado 2011 - San Antonio, Texas 2014 - Charlotte, North Carolina Please fee free to distribute to interested individuals and groups. Thank you.