Air apparent : how the MPO can work with air quality
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Air apparent : how the MPO can work with air quality

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  • Creators:
    Lane, J. Scott
  • Corporate Contributors:
    Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (Raleigh, N.C.)
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    Proceedings
  • Geographical Coverage:
    North Carolina;United States
  • TRIS Online Accession Number:
    00780090
  • NTL Classification:
    NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Air Quality;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;
  • Abstract:
    Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) were established with the intention of providing the oft-quoted "comprehensive, continuing, and coordinated" transportation planning in urban areas of over 50,000 people. In reality, each MPO is defined by its members, and their interests, environment, and history. Many MPOs in high growth areas have continued conflicts with traditional highway-oriented planning that do not mesh well with the implied and direct

    regulatory requirements contained in the Clean Air Act Amendments and surface transportation legislation. To make matters worse, the standards for the most critical component of pollution in many areas - ground-level ozone - have been tightened, a move that will force many more MPOs into the arena of air quality planning. This paper attempts to answer two questions: what is the ability of an MPO to address air quality issues now, and what steps should be taken to develop an air quality plank in the MPO's overall platform? The key elements of a successful and cost-effective program to work with air quality are also presented, and will be the main benefit of this paper to most readers. The foundation for this paper is the recent experience of an MPO and its staff administrator (the author) thrust into air quality conformity issues. The Capital Area MPO is centered on Raleigh, North Carolina, a city of 280,000 people. The total population of CAMPO is currently estimated to be about 580,000 people. In March of 1997, CAMPO encountered a conformity lapse with almost no warning. The results of the subsequent experience are presented here to help other MPOs deal with the issue of air quality.

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