tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post4787914117423637148..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Proposal for New Project Scoring and Goal 7 in the RTSP: At the MPOSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-34195141175900421232018-08-17T13:22:09.521-07:002018-08-17T13:22:09.521-07:00Added a clip from a letter DEQ, DLCD, and Energy w...Added a clip from a letter DEQ, DLCD, and Energy wrote to the Oregon Transportation Commission with concerns that we aren't doing enough on greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-76656680890844624702018-08-14T09:35:29.518-07:002018-08-14T09:35:29.518-07:00California is burning. Oregon is burning. We haven...California is burning. Oregon is burning. We haven't had a good rain since May. It's supposed to get to 99 degrees today. What a colossal failure of public policy if we care about CO and not CO2. Our great-grandchildren will rightfully hold us in contempt for this.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-10180196395460638182018-08-13T18:41:55.575-07:002018-08-13T18:41:55.575-07:00CMAQ = Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality. CMA...CMAQ = Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality. CMAQ is an improvement program, with funds to be used in areas that are either in non-attainment or maintenance of a criteria pollutant. Years ago, SKATS used to be non-attainment of the Carbon Monoxide (CO) air quality standard, but improvements (primarily in vehicle emission technology) has reduced CO levels to a small fraction of what they used to be. SKATS is currently a CO Maintenance Area, and receives some CMAQ federal funds. SKATS must demonstrate that the projects funded by CMAQ will reduce CO emissions. <br /><br />According to FHWA's CMAQ Interim Program Guidance (2013) document "CMAQ-funded projects or programs must reduce CO, ozone precursors (NOx and VOCs), PM2.5, PM10, or PM precursor (e.g., NOx) emissions from transportation. States and MPOs also may consider the ancillary benefits of eligible projects, including greenhouse gas reductions, congestion relief, mobility, safety, or other elements, when programming CMAQ funds, though such benefits do not alone establish eligibility." <br /><br />Mike Jaffe<br />MWVCOG Transportation Planning DirectorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-45938209535347124892018-08-13T09:05:27.474-07:002018-08-13T09:05:27.474-07:00Briefly - more later maybe - Nope. They mean CO, n...Briefly - more later maybe - Nope. They mean CO, not CO2. Carbon Monoxide is a Clean Air Act "criteria pollutant" and the Congestion Management Air Quality (or something like that) program from many years ago covers CO, Ozone, and particulates. It's a framework that could be extended for CO2, but has not. See <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/air_quality/cmaq/" rel="nofollow">FHWA for more on CMAQ</a>.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-36128330882882834482018-08-13T08:47:25.434-07:002018-08-13T08:47:25.434-07:00Thank for this informative post. Regarding the &qu...Thank for this informative post. Regarding the "Evaluation Criteria" table, I assume they meant to say CO2? What is CMAQ?<br /><br />I have been to several meetings where Goal 7 was discussed. My observation is that the "resistance" comes mostly from Marion County Commissioner Sam Brentano who is a flat-out anthropogenic climate change denier in the Trumpian mold. His colleague Kevin Cameron is too. Cameron said so at a candidate forum a few months ago. At the last SKATS PC meeting Commissioner Brentano stated that Marion County would never approve a new RTSP that had the phase 'greenhouse gases' anywhere in the text. That's how strongly he feels about it.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.com