by Larry Copeland, USA Today
May 26, 2011
Traffic congestion experts have long warned that pollution caused by idling vehicles on crowded roads was harming Americans’ health.
Now, for the first time, researchers at Harvard University have quantified the damage: They say that congestion in the USA’s 83 largest urban areas last year led to more than 2,200 [...]
Study blames 2,200 deaths on traffic emissions
Topeka’s “Green Light Tunnel” Saves Fuel and Time
Story by Sallie Glaize, published on the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s blog
Video: “Seven Traffic Signals in Two Minutes”
The first of three key traffic corridors in Topeka, Kansas has received a “green light tunnel,” a real-time adaptive traffic signal system that synchronizes signals to create a series of green lights for motorists. The result is fewer [...]
EPA Delays Release of New Ozone Standard Again and Again
The EPA was initially scheduled to release a new ozone standard by August 31, 2010. On August 20, the EPA filed a status report with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stating their decision-making process would take approximately two months longer, and that a final rule would be signed “on or [...]
MARC Announces CMAQ Call for Projects
MARC has announced its 2011 call for projects under the Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) program. This call is for federal fiscal year 2011 Kansas and Missouri funds to be used within the air quality attainment counties of Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas, and Clay, Jackson and Platte in Missouri. CMAQ funds are provided in six categories [...]
EPA Proposes Updating the Ozone Air Quality Standard
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reconsidering the ozone standards to ensure that two of the nation’s most important air quality standards are clearly grounded in science, protect public health with an adequate margin of safety and protect the environment[i].
The EPA proposes to set different primary and secondary standards than those set in 2008. The [...]