(Conference webpage:  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@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

 
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