Think of how many beer gardens we could build with CMAQ money if State/Lake cost slightly less than $444 million
August 19, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Think of how many beer gardens we could build with CMAQ money if State/Lake cost slightly less than $444 million
Le CMAQ ambitionne de revitaliser les bâtiments industriels du bassin Wellington.
Vers un Quartier des métiers d’art à Montréal?
www.ledevoir.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Le CMAQ ambitionne de revitaliser les bâtiments industriels du bassin Wellington.
EPA's ORD destruction is a prime example. And core knowledge from teams like CMAQ dev are moving decades of expertise to air quality science overseas.
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
EPA's ORD destruction is a prime example. And core knowledge from teams like CMAQ dev are moving decades of expertise to air quality science overseas.
Flexing the easy-to-flex federal highway pots like CMAQ & STP is an apolitical, technical process
Believe it or not, it's true of SEPTA's 2026 budget as well!
SEPTA gets $40M of CMAQ flex highway cash this year even with all the cuts. And nobody is mad or thinks it's political
Believe it or not, it's true of SEPTA's 2026 budget as well!
SEPTA gets $40M of CMAQ flex highway cash this year even with all the cuts. And nobody is mad or thinks it's political
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Flexing the easy-to-flex federal highway pots like CMAQ & STP is an apolitical, technical process
Believe it or not, it's true of SEPTA's 2026 budget as well!
SEPTA gets $40M of CMAQ flex highway cash this year even with all the cuts. And nobody is mad or thinks it's political
Believe it or not, it's true of SEPTA's 2026 budget as well!
SEPTA gets $40M of CMAQ flex highway cash this year even with all the cuts. And nobody is mad or thinks it's political
The CMAQ-funded road widening projects will continue until the air quality improves.
June 19, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The CMAQ-funded road widening projects will continue until the air quality improves.
What's #airpollution like where you live?
Check out new pollution maps and data story from my colleagues @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc8a...
Check out new pollution maps and data story from my colleagues @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc8a...
The CMAQ-Urban air pollution model
Modelling air pollution at fine resolution across the UK
storymaps.arcgis.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
What's #airpollution like where you live?
Check out new pollution maps and data story from my colleagues @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc8a...
Check out new pollution maps and data story from my colleagues @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc8a...
Afterlife – Breather 2000
Day 13
#MusicChallenge
#MusicByNumbers
Balearic beats, reimagined for the new millennium.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaQ...
Day 13
#MusicChallenge
#MusicByNumbers
Balearic beats, reimagined for the new millennium.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaQ...
Breather 2000
YouTube video by Afterlife - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Afterlife – Breather 2000
Day 13
#MusicChallenge
#MusicByNumbers
Balearic beats, reimagined for the new millennium.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaQ...
Day 13
#MusicChallenge
#MusicByNumbers
Balearic beats, reimagined for the new millennium.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaQ...
Not enough discussion of the Dec. 4, 2025 SCAG Regional Council approval of the Federal Fiscal Year 2026-27 and 2027-28 STBG/CMAQ funding recommendations for $1.25 billion across 132 projects within the SCAG region. Happened the same time as the Metro Board meeting.
scag.ca.gov/stbg-cmaq-pr...
scag.ca.gov/stbg-cmaq-pr...
Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) & Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Programs (CMAQ) | Southern California Association of Governments
The Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program provides federal transportation funding for projects that preserve and improve the conditions and performance of highways, bridges, and public roa...
scag.ca.gov
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Not enough discussion of the Dec. 4, 2025 SCAG Regional Council approval of the Federal Fiscal Year 2026-27 and 2027-28 STBG/CMAQ funding recommendations for $1.25 billion across 132 projects within the SCAG region. Happened the same time as the Metro Board meeting.
scag.ca.gov/stbg-cmaq-pr...
scag.ca.gov/stbg-cmaq-pr...
It's true (close to it). $167MM in CMAQ, $65MM local, $277MM in Surface Transportation Block Grants (there's your increase), and the rest is change. True local funding at 86%
etip.cmap.illinois.gov/project_info...
etip.cmap.illinois.gov/project_info...
etip.cmap.illinois.gov
August 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's true (close to it). $167MM in CMAQ, $65MM local, $277MM in Surface Transportation Block Grants (there's your increase), and the rest is change. True local funding at 86%
etip.cmap.illinois.gov/project_info...
etip.cmap.illinois.gov/project_info...
Ah, the old CMAQ bait and switch!
September 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Ah, the old CMAQ bait and switch!
The Coast to Coast to Coast collective exhibition I curated is at the @ottawaartgallery.bsky.social until April 20, 2025. Thank you to the artists, @jeniwicks.bsky.social from the Canadian Craft Federation, CMAQ, and the OAG for hosting!
February 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Coast to Coast to Coast collective exhibition I curated is at the @ottawaartgallery.bsky.social until April 20, 2025. Thank you to the artists, @jeniwicks.bsky.social from the Canadian Craft Federation, CMAQ, and the OAG for hosting!
I was four months into my transportation career and was fortunate to hear this talk at the Bicycle Colorado event. It changed how I saw our agency’s project scoring process and eventually we made some changes after conversations about how certain CMAQ projects actually induced more driving.
November 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM
I was four months into my transportation career and was fortunate to hear this talk at the Bicycle Colorado event. It changed how I saw our agency’s project scoring process and eventually we made some changes after conversations about how certain CMAQ projects actually induced more driving.
This is a very cool visualization but keep in mind AirTox is a screening tool, meaning that it provides a very rough average and upper bound for modeled exposure
(and is even tougher than input models CMAQ and AERMOD)
eg these tools are best used for where to take actual exposure measurements
(and is even tougher than input models CMAQ and AERMOD)
eg these tools are best used for where to take actual exposure measurements
NEW: Formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant in the US. It comes from cars, trucks, planes and a combination of emissions cooked in the atmosphere.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.
For the first time, EPA modeled this risk down to the census block — and we mapped it.
Map: What's the Cancer Risk From Formaldehyde Where I Live? — ProPublica
In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes fr...
projects.propublica.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:21 AM
This is a very cool visualization but keep in mind AirTox is a screening tool, meaning that it provides a very rough average and upper bound for modeled exposure
(and is even tougher than input models CMAQ and AERMOD)
eg these tools are best used for where to take actual exposure measurements
(and is even tougher than input models CMAQ and AERMOD)
eg these tools are best used for where to take actual exposure measurements
📢 Une avancée historique pour un milieu artistique plus équitable ! 🎉
C’est officiel ! Le RAAV, aux côtés du CMAQ et de quatre grands musées québécois, a signé une première entente collective historique, en présence de Monsieur Mathieu Lacombe, ministre de la Culture et des Communications.
C’est officiel ! Le RAAV, aux côtés du CMAQ et de quatre grands musées québécois, a signé une première entente collective historique, en présence de Monsieur Mathieu Lacombe, ministre de la Culture et des Communications.
March 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
📢 Une avancée historique pour un milieu artistique plus équitable ! 🎉
C’est officiel ! Le RAAV, aux côtés du CMAQ et de quatre grands musées québécois, a signé une première entente collective historique, en présence de Monsieur Mathieu Lacombe, ministre de la Culture et des Communications.
C’est officiel ! Le RAAV, aux côtés du CMAQ et de quatre grands musées québécois, a signé une première entente collective historique, en présence de Monsieur Mathieu Lacombe, ministre de la Culture et des Communications.
A lot of car trips would be replaced if drivers across our region had easy access to high-quality shared electric bikes at reasonable prices. Federal money is available for it. Whatcha thinking, @mplscargobikelibrary.com? Ready for a massive new funding source? share.google/0cb3HBr5U9cW...
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program Fact Sheet | Federal Highway Administration
share.google
August 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A lot of car trips would be replaced if drivers across our region had easy access to high-quality shared electric bikes at reasonable prices. Federal money is available for it. Whatcha thinking, @mplscargobikelibrary.com? Ready for a massive new funding source? share.google/0cb3HBr5U9cW...
The public hearing as part of the thoroughfare plan amendment for the two-way conversion of McKinney & Cole/Carlisle was TEN years ago. I pitched the idea to Uptown in 2014 and we secured funding from the city bond and federal CMAQ funds in 2017.
May 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The public hearing as part of the thoroughfare plan amendment for the two-way conversion of McKinney & Cole/Carlisle was TEN years ago. I pitched the idea to Uptown in 2014 and we secured funding from the city bond and federal CMAQ funds in 2017.
Maybe there's an offline barrier to finding CMAQ money, maybe the already-programmed CMAQ uses are too important, or something else?
But the fact is that CMAQ highway funds are flexing to SEPTA this year as previously and apolitically scheduled
This is wonky centrist stuff, not radical
But the fact is that CMAQ highway funds are flexing to SEPTA this year as previously and apolitically scheduled
This is wonky centrist stuff, not radical
August 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe there's an offline barrier to finding CMAQ money, maybe the already-programmed CMAQ uses are too important, or something else?
But the fact is that CMAQ highway funds are flexing to SEPTA this year as previously and apolitically scheduled
This is wonky centrist stuff, not radical
But the fact is that CMAQ highway funds are flexing to SEPTA this year as previously and apolitically scheduled
This is wonky centrist stuff, not radical
Ellie's first first author paper in our group @ucirvine.bsky.social! We evaluate how well an atmospheric model can predict water-soluble organic gases. It's a novel model evaluation and provides insight for future model development.
Gas-Phase Water-Soluble Organic Carbon: CMAQ Model Evaluation in Baltimore County
Prediction of gas-phase water-soluble organic carbon (WSOCg), a precursor for secondary organic aerosol formed through processing in atmospheric waters (aqSOA), has not yet been evaluated in models. We pair the WSOCg predictions from the U.S. EPA’s Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model with continuous mist chamber measurements during February–March 2015 and August 2016 in Baltimore County, MD. We simulate mist chamber collection of WSOCg from CMAQ’s atmosphere with application of compound-specific collection efficiencies as a function of Henry’s law. CMAQ predictions of WSOCg mass concentrations are highest in August, while measurements are highest during February–March. CMAQ does not replicate the average diurnal pattern of the measured WSOCg in any month. The CMAQ prediction of directly emitted VOCs that oxidize to form WSOCg is more reasonable, and the model skill for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) is relatively excellent in comparison (R2 = 0.5 and R2 = 0.6, respectively; p ≈ 0). These findings suggest that representation of organic gases and their chemistry in this CMAQ simulation is sufficient to accurately predict the criteria pollutants NO2 and O3, but not necessarily the chemical transformations that produce WSOCg, an important precursor for aqSOA.
pubs.acs.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ellie's first first author paper in our group @ucirvine.bsky.social! We evaluate how well an atmospheric model can predict water-soluble organic gases. It's a novel model evaluation and provides insight for future model development.
🏭 The Environmental Research Group, part of the School of Public Health at Imperial is proud to announce the launch of a new website which provides modelled air pollution data across the UK.
Explore it today:
Explore it today:
The CMAQ-Urban air pollution model
Modelling air pollution at fine resolution across the UK
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🏭 The Environmental Research Group, part of the School of Public Health at Imperial is proud to announce the launch of a new website which provides modelled air pollution data across the UK.
Explore it today:
Explore it today:
TIL that CRACCM (EPA's new air quality model, www.epa.gov/cmaq/cracmm) has a kickass logo/mascot
October 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
TIL that CRACCM (EPA's new air quality model, www.epa.gov/cmaq/cracmm) has a kickass logo/mascot
Forge et façonnage d'un porte-baguette d'entrée en vieux fer pour le fusil de Tulle. #forge #blacksmith #artisan #metiersdart #arquebuse #flintlock #muzzleloading #CMAQ
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Forge et façonnage d'un porte-baguette d'entrée en vieux fer pour le fusil de Tulle. #forge #blacksmith #artisan #metiersdart #arquebuse #flintlock #muzzleloading #CMAQ
Should rethink how we do that CMAQ cost efficiency analysis in light of the Paris case example!
It's official. The Revolution happened, and the bicycles won.
Cyclists in #Paris now outnumber drivers.
www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
Cyclists in #Paris now outnumber drivers.
www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Should rethink how we do that CMAQ cost efficiency analysis in light of the Paris case example!
