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RECORD NUMBER: 11 OF 3777

Main Title

A computer simulation model for analyzing mobile source air pollution control strategies /

CORP Author

Mathtech, inc.

Publisher

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,

Place Published

Corvallis, Or. Springfield, Va.

Year Published

1976

Report Number

EPA-600/5-76-010; EPA-68-01-2952

Stock Number

PB-260 877

OCLC Number

02629442

Subjects

Air pollution abatement; Mathematical models; Urban planning; Automobiles; Transportation planning; Travel; Air pollution; Strategy; Benefit cost analysis; District of Columbia; MATHAIR computer program; Stationary sources; Mobile sources; Los Angeles(California); New York(New York); Chicago(Illinois); Case studies

Subject Added Ent

Computer simulation--Mathematical models.; Air--Pollution--Mathematical models.; Cost effectiveness--Mathematical models.

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=2000Z40K.txt

Holdings

Library		Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Date Modified
EJAD		EPA 600/5-76-010		Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA	03/01/1996
EJBD	ARCHIVE	EPA 600-5-76-010		Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	02/13/2012
EKAM		TD886.5.M28		Region 4 Library/Atlanta,GA	06/10/1994
EKBD		EPA-600/5-76-010		Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	09/19/2003
EOAD		EPA 600/5-76-010		Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO	03/28/2011
NTIS		PB-260 877	Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.	NTIS	01/01/1988

Collation

viii, 180 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Abstract

This report describes MATHAIR, a computer model that simulates the impacts of strategies for controlling mobile source air pollutants. Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for different modes of ground transportation are predicted by a transportation module. Given VMT predictions, an inventory of stationary sources of mobile source pollutants and certain other inputs for the urban area, pollutant emissions are calculated using EPA-developed relations. A linear rollback air quality module then predicts ambient pollutant concentrations. Finally strategy costs and benefits due to damage reduction are calculated. A set of experiments were performed for four selected urban regions using MATHAIR. MATHAIR casts all strategy costs (including the imputed social cost of trips foregone or induced by a strategy) and all benefits in dollar terms so that strategies can be compared in terms of their total impact. A baseline, zero control strategy and four strategies of increasing stringency are defined and simulated over a ten-year horizon. One general conclusion suggested by the results of the test is that it is economically inefficient to impose the same program of controls in different urban regions. Another conclusion is that the control strategies are very sensitive to certain input data.

Notes

Prepared by Mathtech, Inc., Princeton, N.J., under contract 68-01-2952. Includes appendices. Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72). Item 431-I-19.

Corporate Au Added Ent

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.

Corp Au Ser Add Ent

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Socioeconomic environmental studies series ; EPA-600/5-76-010.

PUB Date Free Form

1976

Series Title Untraced

Socioeconomic environmental studies series ; EPA-600/5-76-010

NTIS Prices

PC A09/MF A01

BIB Level

OCLC TAG 19s

2628088

ISBN

pbk.

OCLC Time Stamp

20120210133551

Cataloging Source

OCLC/T

Language

eng

SUDOCS Number

EP 1.23/3:600/5-76-010

Origin

OCLC

Type

MERGE

OCLC Rec Leader

01683cam 2200361Ii 45020

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