Publication Date

Fall 2003

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

Abstract

Throughout the later half of the century air pollution and its effects on the environment and human health has emerged as a focus of regulatory action at the federal and state level. This report will examine the effect that federal air quality legislation has had on regional air quality management through transportation control measures (TCMs). Federal transportation control measures (TCMs) are a transportation-planning tool for controlling regional air quality. TCMs are a means to control traffic congestion on streets and highways and to reduce the total amount of vehicle miles traveled (VMT), therefore reducing motor vehicle emissions and improving air quality standards for a region.

This report will look at air quality control legislation that has been implemented at the federal and state levels in the United States and California (i.e. 1970 Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1977 and 1990) has impacted the use of transportation controls measures in the Bay Area by regional transportation and air quality planners. By using the Bay Area as a regional case study, this report will show how TCMs have been ineffectively implemented as a means to improving air quality.

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