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TRANSPORTATION 101 CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY PROGRAM

June 18, 2018

AGENDA

CMAQ Overview Changes Made by FAST ACT CMAQ Guidance Overview of CMAQ Performance Measures

CMAQ PURPOSE

US Code 23 Section 149: The CMAQ program is established for transportation projects that contribute to the attainment or maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards for

• zone, carbon monoxide, or particulate

matter.

Three elements of CMAQ: ✓ Is it a Transportation Project? ✓ Does it have measurable emissions reduction? ✓ Is the project in a Nonattainment or maintenance area?

ELIGIBLE CMAQ PROJECTS

A project or program that is likely to contribute to the attainment of air quality standards based upon data provided by the EPA and shows a high level of effectiveness in reducing air pollution Establishing or operating a traffic monitoring, management, and control facility or program, including advanced truck stop electrification systems, if the facility or program is likely to contribute to the attainment or maintenance in the area of a national ambient air quality standard; Projects that improve traffic flow, including projects to improve signalization, construct high occupancy vehicle lanes, improve intersections, add turning lanes, improve transportation systems management and operations that mitigate congestion and improve air quality, and implement intelligent transportation system strategies The purchase of integrated, interoperable emergency communications equipment; Projects or programs that shift traffic demand to nonpeak hours or other transportation modes, increases vehicle

• ccupancy rates, or otherwise reduces

demand for roads through such means as telecommuting, vanpooling, carsharing, alternative work hours, and pricing; Diesel retrofits projects Installation of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication equipment Transit Capital & Operating**

SPECIAL RULES

A State may use funds for a project or program to establish electric vehicle charging stations or natural gas vehicle refueling stations for the use of battery powered or natural gas fueled trucks or other motor vehicles at any location in the State except that such stations may not be established or supported where commercial establishments serving motor vehicle users are prohibited No funds may be used for a project which will result in the construction of new capacity available to single occupant vehicles unless the project consists of a high occupancy vehicle facility available to single occupant vehicles only at other than peak travel times. If a State does not have, and never has had, a nonattainment area designated under the Clean Air Act the State may use funds apportioned to it for any project in the State that is eligible under CMAQ or the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program

Link to: EPA Non-Attainment Designation

FUNDING ALLOCATION

• Funding is allocated to States
• States with Non-Attainment areas:
• Funds must be spent on projects in counties that are designated non-attainment
• States must coordinate project selection with local governments in non-attainment

areas

• Project must be included in the STIP (air quality plan)
• States w/o Non-Attainment areas
• May spend funds anywhere as if they were CMAQ or STBG projects
• Funding allocated to states based on proportion of total CMAQ funding that

each State received in FY 2009

FY 2018 CMAQ Apportionments

• https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastac

t/funding.cfm

CMAQ PERFORMANCE PLANS

• Required for MPOs with TMAs over one million population that are

nonattainment or maintenance

• Includes emissions and congestion
• Updated biennially and requires progress report from previous plan

OTHER KEY POINTS

• Project share 80% federal unless noted otherwise
• States and metropolitan planning organizations in non-attainment for PM2.5

shall give priority to projects that are proven to reduce PM2.5, including diesel retrofits.

• States and MPOs shall consider cost-effectiveness in determining project

selection (FHWA-EPA create cost effectiveness guidance)

5% 5% 5% 9% 34% 36% 6% Shared Ride Demand Management Pedestrian / Bicycle STP / CMAQ Traffic Flow Improvements Transit

C M A Q F U N D I N G B Y P R O J E C T T Y P E 1 9 9 2 T H R U 2 0 1 0

FAST ACT – CMAQ

• Few programmatic changes made to CMAQ
• Makes two eligibility changes
• 1. Clarifies eligibility of port related freight operations (so long as emission

reductions are attained)

• 2. Makes installation of vehicle to infrastructure communication installation eligible

FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 T

• tal

FY16- 20 CMAQ Obligations $2.27b $2.31b $2.36b $2.40b $2.45b $2.50b $12.02b % Increase 1.8% 2.1% 1.9% 1.8% 2.0%

• Maintains that carpool/vanpool projects are still eligible for 100% Federal share (all
• ther projects have a maximum of 80% Federal Share)

CMAQ – QUESTIONS TO ASK

• Paying for a Project or Paying for a Program?
• If it’s a project:
• is it capital or operating
• If it’s for your program
• What are you paying for?
• Sometimes, breaking out tasks and getting several grants provides more

flexibility with funding

CMAQ GUIDANCE

Examples:

• Questions to ask yourself – is it capital or operating

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• Vanpool projects – Understand

difference between Capital costs & Operating Costs

CMAQ GUIDANCE – OPERATING ASSISTANCE

• Operating costs limited to 3 years (third year may last three years**)
• Marketing & Outreach are not subject to operating limit

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CMAQ – 2013 GUIDANCE

• Marketing & Outreach are not subject to operating limit

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CMAQ GUIDANCE

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CMAQ – GUIDANCE

• If it’s for your program
• What are you paying for?
• Sometimes, breaking out tasks and getting several

grants provides more flexibility with funding

Carsharing - MAP-21 specifically highlights carsharing projects, these efforts involve the pooling of efficient, low-emission vehicles, provided to travelers who have occasional need for a vehicle but not the constant, daily necessity that demands ownership. As with any CMAQ project, sponsors need to demonstrate an emissions reduction from the carsharing program. If a program-wide emissions reduction cannot be demonstrated, CMAQ funding may be available to support vehicle costs under Alternative Fuels and Vehicles eligibility

CMAQ – GUIDANCE

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Fight for CMAQ FUNDS --- HERE IS YOUR AMMO:

• (1) Percent of Person-Miles Traveled on the Interstate System That Are Reliable (the Interstate

Travel Time Reliability measure); and

• (2) Percent of Person-Miles Traveled on the Non-Interstate NHS That Are Reliable (the Non-

Interstate NHS Travel Time Reliability measure). Together they are the Travel Time Reliability

• measures. Both of these measures assess Level of Travel Time Reliability (LOTTR), defined as

the ratio of the 80th percentile travel time to a “normal” travel time (50th percentile). Data are derived from the travel time data set using either the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) or equivalent.

• (3) Percent Change in Tailpipe CO2 Emissions on the NHS from the Calendar

Year 2017, assesses environmental performance. This measure is calculated using data on fuel use and VMT.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Three measures are established under the CMAQ program (the CMAQ measures) including two measures for traffic congestion:

• (1) Annual Hours of Peak-Hour Excessive Delay Per Capita (the PHED measure); and
• Data for this measure is derived from the travel time data set of NPMRDS.
• (2) Percent of Non-SOV Travel
• The second measure is a new measure developed to recognize the role of lower-emissions modes in meeting air

quality goals. State DOTs and MPOs have three options for providing data for this measure.

• (3)Total Emissions Reduction.
• This measure uses data from the CMAQ Public Access System to calculate total emission reductions for

applicable criteria pollutants or precursors.

TIMELINE Targets 1st Reported – October 1, 2018 State Reports Progress – October 1, 2020 FHWA Assess progress – August 15, 2022

POST-FAST ACT – CMAQ

Post Authorization CMAQ Issues

• Need DOT to create clear and definitive guidance and

practices

• What one FHWA State office allows under CMAQ, another does not.

There is a need for consistency in rulings.

• Clarify difference between operations/labor and

education/outreach

• Operations/Labor are only eligible to receive CMAQ funding for up

to 5 years. Education & Outreach have no limitations. Clarity & consistency needs to be made when it comes to whether labor associated with education & outreach is subject to limitation

FAST ACT – CMAQ

Post Authorization CMAQ Issues

• Clarify use of CMAQ funds for incentives
• Some FHWA state offices allow CMAQ funds to be

used for commuter incentives, while others do not. Clarity & consistency needs to be set on the question.

• Amend CMAQ guidance related to vanpools
• Current guidance refers to leasing of vanpools.

Vanpool arrangements between the public and private sector are ‘contract for service’ agreements, not leases.

• Increasing allocation based upon

incorporation of new technologies

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