Joint Center for Transportation & Air Quality

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Texas Joint Center for Air Quality Launched

In September 2005, the Texas Joint Center for Air Quality was launched as a multi-year, multi-organization program for applied and field research to better understand and solve air quality problems in Texas. The Center has initially united research activities of a major Texas air quality field study and an applied transportation/air quality program - Transportation and Air Quality Forum.

The Texas Joint Center for Air Quality (JCAQ) is a multi-year, multi-organization program utilizing applied and field research to better understand and solve air quality problems in Texas. The Center brings together research activities of a major air quality field study (TexAQS II) and an applied transportation/air quality program, called the Transportation and Air Quality Forum (TAQF).

Objectives

To identify candidate transportation practices, technologies and control measures
To develop and apply methods and criteria for determining the regional fit of transportation options
To assess the effects of selected transportation options on air quality
To test or demonstrate promising transportation options
To assess the extent of ozone and fine particulate matter transport
To characterize air pollution meteorology in all seasons
To refine and evaluate inventories of ozone precursors and fine particulates
To develop and improve simulation tools
To communicate results to researchers and policymakers

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