Getting on the MOVES: Using Dynameq and the US EPA MOVES Model to Measure the Air Pollution Emissions TRPC – Smart Corridors Project Chris Breiland Fehr & Peers September 16, 2011

Outline Project Overview, Background and Objectives Dynameq Model Development Estimating Air Pollution Emissions Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) Comparison Conclusions Q&A

TRPC - intergovernmental board made up of local government jurisdictions County area sq miles population - 245,300 The county’s population is expected to be 373,000 in 2030 The county is the home of the State’s Capitol, City of Olympia Overview

Project Background Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant Options to reduce PM10 through ITS deployment – coordinated signal timing and optimization – transit signal priority (TSP) Two strategic corridors were chosen from the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) that are problematic for Intercity Transit’s on-time performance goals

Study Corridors

To improve multi-modal transportation operations on the two corridors To evaluate signal coordination and optimization To evaluate transit signal priority options To reduce PM10 (particulate matter) emissions in the corridors. Project Objectives

NETWORK –Entire network brought into DTA model from EMME Travel Demand Model –Refined the Dynameq network to add missing intersections on the corridors –Modified all centroid connectors for the zones around two corridors to reflect field conditions –Verified link attributes –Network properties in DTA model: – 800 centroids – 2,500 regular nodes – 8,000 links – 20 transit lines TRIP TABLES –Trip tables brought from EMME Travel Demand Model –The modes are SOV, HOV & Truck Model Development

INTERSECTION CONTROLS –Focused on corridors and a several-block buffer –81 signals & 67 stop controlled intersections INTERSECTION GEOMETRY –Approaches to the intersections were modified to reflect field conditions –Added right and left turn lane pockets where needed

Model Development Validation / Calibration –Validated and calibrated the existing year model (study corridors and I-5 primarily) Based on link counts Based on turn move counts Based on travel time on corridors –Queuing at hot spots

Model Validation

Air Pollution Emissions and Model Detail Air Pollution Highly Sensitive to: VMT Speed Vehicle Type Drive Cycle DTA versus Static Models

How are Emissions Estimated? Air Quality Analysis tools – EMFAC, Mobile6, MOVES

Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) State-of-art tool for estimating emission from highway vehicles developed by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Highly detailed Perfect for Dynameq

MOVES Input Data Data needs from Dynameq DTA Model Link

MOVES Input Data Data needs from Dynameq DTA Model Fleet Mix Source Type IDSource Type Name 11Motorcycle 21Passenger Car 31Passenger Truck 32Light Commercial Truck 41Intercity Bus 42Transit Bus 43School Bus 51Refuse Truck 52Single Unit Short-haul Truck 53Single Unit Long-haul Truck 54Motor Home 61Combination Short-haul Truck 62Combination Long-haul Truck

MOVES Input Data Data needs from Dynameq DTA Model Operating Mode Distribution –for each link, source type and pollutant opModeIDopModeName 0Braking 1Idling 11Low Speed Coasting; VSP< 0; 1<=Speed<25 12Cruise/Acceleration; 0<=VSP< 3; 1<= Speed<25 13Cruise/Acceleration; 3<=VSP< 6; 1<=Speed<25 14Cruise/Acceleration; 6<=VSP< 9; 1<=Speed<25 15Cruise/Acceleration; 9<=VSP<12; 1<=Speed<25 16Cruise/Acceleration; 12<=VSP; 1<=Speed<25 21Moderate Speed Coasting; VSP< 0; 25<=Speed<50 22Cruise/Acceleration; 0<=VSP< 3; 25<=Speed<50 23Cruise/Acceleration; 3<=VSP< 6; 25<=Speed<50 24Cruise/Acceleration; 6<=VSP< 9; 25<=Speed<50 25Cruise/Acceleration; 9<=VSP<12; 25<=Speed<50 26Cruise/Acceleration; 12<=VSP; 25<=Speed<50 27Cruise/Acceleration; 12<=VSP<18; 25<=Speed<50 28Cruise/Acceleration; 18<=VSP<24; 25<=Speed<50 29Cruise/Acceleration; 24<=VSP<30; 25<=Speed<50 30Cruise/Acceleration; 30<=VSP; 25<=Speed<50 33Cruise/Acceleration; VSP< 6; 50<=Speed 35Cruise/Acceleration; 6<=VSP<12; 50<=Speed 36Cruise/Acceleration; 12 <= VSP; 50<=Speed 37Cruise/Acceleration; 12<=VSP<18; 50<=Speed 38Cruise/Acceleration; 18<=VSP<24; 50<=Speed 39Cruise/Acceleration; 24<=VSP<30; 50<=Speed 40Cruise/Acceleration; 30<=VSP; 50<=Speed

OpMode Uh-oh!

OpMode Uh-oh!

New Component for Dynameq to Extract the Necessary MOVES Input Data

OpMode 300,000 rows

Emissions Calculation Comparisons 2010 Base VMTPM 10 (g)CO 2 (g) EMME + EMFAC 25,2101,30912,420,539 EMFAC 30,029 2,22417,883,106 Mobile61,28216,591,022 MOVES99717,051,387

Concluding Thoughts MOVES is new standard MOVES is built for a tool like Dynameq INRO Dynameq-MOVES component enables analysis MOVES very difficult to run

Thank You! Chris Breiland