[phd.students.socioeco] Fwd: [ADC20] Call for Abstracts - 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference - deadline extended to Feb 15, 2016

[Ann Hartell]

Call for abstracts that may be of interest .  . .

*From:*Jane Lin [mailto:janelin at uic.edu <mailto:janelin at uic.edu>]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2016 10:30 AM


​*/Call for Abstracts/*

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*2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference *

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*/"The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air Quality: Confronting 
the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local Scales"/*

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(Conference webpage:  http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq) 
<http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq>

The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality 
Committee (ADC20) invite you to submit an extended abstract for the 2016 
Transportation Planning and Air Quality (TPAQ) Conference. The spotlight 
theme in 2016 will be "*The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air 
Quality: Confronting the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local 
Scales*."

We are specifically interested in abstracts related to the following 
topics:

  * Multi-modal passenger transportation and air quality issues
  * Freight and non-road transportation and air quality issues
  * Greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies
  * Cost-effectiveness analysis for emission control measures
  * Emissions and air quality impacts of alternative fuels
  * Co-benefits of transportation emissions control, air quality
    mitigation, and climate change strategies
  * Innovative vehicle and information technology solutions to
    transportation air quality problems
  * Near-road air quality
  * Dispersion modeling methods and tools
  * Exposure and health effects of air pollution
  * Data for air quality analysis: unconventional sources, collection
    methods, quality, scarcity, uncertainty, and novel statistical tools
    for data analytics
  * State-of-the-practice transportation and air quality program
    implementation and evaluation
  * Other emerging topics in transportation and air quality

*Extended Abstract Requirements:* All extended abstracts must be 
submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Each extended abstract must 
provide sufficient detail for reviewers to judge its merit, but cannot 
exceed 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references) in length, 
single-spaced, with no less than 11 font size. An extended abstract 
template is available at 
http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq/call-for-abstract 
<http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq/call-for-proposals>.

*Submission Method: *Extended abstracts must be submitted electronically 
to upload.2016_Tr.vrhqkopmhx at u.box.com 
<mailto::upload.2016_Tr.vrhqkopmhx at u.box.com>.

*Submission Deadline*: Extended abstracts must be submitted by *Monday, 
February 15th, 2016*. Each extended abstract will be reviewed and 
comments will be provided to the author(s) by *Thursday, March 31st, 2016*.

*Conference Co-sponsors*:

  * Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
  * Minnesota Department of Transportation
  * Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
  * American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Transportation &
    Development Institute (T&DI)’s Planning, Economics and Finance
    Committee,
  * TRB Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies
    (ADC80)
  * Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
  * Eastern Research Group, Inc.
  * ICF International
  * Resource Systems Group, Inc.
  * Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)

*Conference History*

The TPAQ Conference, formerly Transportation/Land Use Planning and Air 
Quality (TLUPAQ), has been held in the past at different locations:

1993 - Danvers, Massachusetts

1997 - Lake Tahoe, California

1998 - Portland, Oregon

1999 - Lake Lanier, Georgia

2001 - Irvine, California

2007 - Orlando, Florida

2009 - Denver, Colorado

2011 - San Antonio, Texas

2014 - Charlotte, North Carolina

If you have any questions regarding the 2016 TPAQ Conference, please 
contact Dr. Jane Lin at janelin at uic.edu <mailto:janelin at uic.edu> .

Please fee free to distribute to interested individuals and groups. 
Thank you.




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