Dear Transportation and Air Quality Planning Partners: Greetings! Welcome to the 2017 Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit (STAQS ‘17) in beautiful Arlington, Texas. The STAQS ‘17 Planning Committee is excited about the sessions planned for this year, and we are hopeful that you will gain valuable information that will help you with your individual job. Experts from across the nation are here to share their knowledge and understanding of current transportation and air quality applications. In addition, this Summit is an excellent opportunity for us, as practitioners, to learn from each other, to share new ideas and innovative techniques during sessions and through the numerous networking opportunities. We encourage you to share your successes and challenges with transportation planning, implementing transportation conformity requirements, and air quality planning. This year, the meeting is centered on our six technical sessions and a Stakeholder Roundtable session. STAQS ’17 is designed to be a forum that provides an opportunity for training, information sharing, and dialogue among transportation and air quality partners.

Our hope is that you learn and share. We also would like you to enjoy your time here in Arlington for STAQS ’17, so please do not hesitate to contact any of the STAQS ’17 Planning Committee members for assistance if we can enhance your experience here in any way.

We’re glad that you could join us and look forward to visiting with you during STAQS ’17!

Sincerely,

Mr. Mike Roberts Mr. Jeffrey Riley Planning Co-chair Planning Co-chair FHWA Resource Center EPA Region 6

August 29-30, 2017

Arlington, Texas

Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit 2017

Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit 2017

August 29-30, 2017

AGENDA Tuesday, August 29, 2017

8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast

Welcome Address

8:30 AM

Welcome Address

Marcus Wilner, Chief Operating Officer Federal Highway Administration, Texas (FHWA)

8:40 AM Michael Morris, P.E., Director of Transportation North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

8:50 AM Mayor Rob Franke, City of Cedar Hill Chair, Regional Transportation Council

Sustainability Moderator: Lynorae Benjamin

9:00 AM Energy & Emissions Reduction Policy Analysis Tool (EERPAT)

Robert Chamberlin Resource Systems Group (RSG)

9:25 AM Leveraging Public Private Partnerships to Implement Efficient & Cost Effective Non-Traditional Transit in Communities

Kristina Brevard Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA)

9:55 AM EPA’s Travel Efficiency Assessment Method (TEAM): Development and Case Studies

Benjamin VanGessel US EPA, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)

10:30 AM Morning Break

Stakeholder Roundtable

10:45 AM Common Regional Conformity Success and Challenges

Chris Klaus North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

12:00 PM Lunch

Regulatory and Policy Session Moderator: Jeff Riley

1:15 PM EPA Regulatory Update Guy Donaldson US EPA, Region 6

1:40 PM MOVES Development Update Benjamin VanGessel US EPA, Office of transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)

2:05 PM Afternoon Break

Freight and Fuels Moderator: Scott Davis

2:20 PM Alternative Fuel Corridor Designations Stephen Costa US DOT Volpe Center

2:40 PM Port Everglades Partnership Daniel Bizer-Cox US EPA, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)

3:00 PM Volkswagen Settlement Update Lori Clark North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

After Hours

4:00 PM Tours and Group Dinner (casual dress)

4:30 PM Arrive at AT&T (Dallas Cowboys) Stadium / Tour Begins

6:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM Depart AT&T Stadium and Head to Globe Life (Texas Rangers) Ballpark

7:30 PM Arrive at Globe Life Park / Tour Begins

8:30 PM Depart Globe Life Park and Head to NCTCOG

9:00 PM Shuttle to Transport La Quinta Guests to La Quinta Hotel

Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit 2017

August 29-30, 2017

AGENDA Wednesday, August 30, 2017

9:00 AM Breakfast

Project-Level Issues and Emissions Moderator: Kevin Black

9:10 AM TRAQS: Traffic and Air Quality Management Robert Chamberlin Resource Systems Group (RSG)

9:30 AM El Paso PM10 Hotspot Analysis Suriya Vallamsundar Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

9:50 AM MOVES Reporting Rich Stucky IHS-Polk

10:10 AM Morning Break

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Moderator: Barbara Maley

10:30 AM CMAQ Program Developments and Updates: MAP 21 to the FAST Act

Mark Glaze FHWA-Office of Natural Environment, Air Quality Team

10:50 AM Re-evaluating CMAQ Projects for Air Quality Improvements

Shelley Whitworth Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC)

11:10 AM Federal Oversight in the CMAQ Program (CMAQ National Review)

Eddie Dancausse FHWA North Carolina Division (FHWA-NC)

New Technologies in Air Quality Assessment Moderator: Eddie Dancausse

11:30 AM Comprehensive Characterization of Air Quality for Smart Cities

Dr. David Lary University of Texas – Dallas

11:50 AM Emerging Data Sources and Air Quality Applications

Reza Farzaneh Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

12:10 PM Connected / Automated Vehicles Bill Keyrouze Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

12:30 PM Lunch

Emissions and Activity Modeling Moderator: Dianna Myers

1:30 PM Gathering Real-World Vehicle Activity and Emissions Data to Support EPA’s Modeling Efforts

Jeremy Johnson Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

1:50 PM MOVES QA Tool Madhusudhan Venugopal Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) 2:10 PM

El Paso Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) Model Application

2:30 PM Wrap-up Mike Roberts and Dianna Myers FHWA-Resource Center and US EPA-Region 4

Thank you for participating!

Speaker Biographies

Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit 2017 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

Planning Team

Michael Roberts – Co-Chair, Federal Highway Administration - Resource Center

Mike has been an Air Quality Specialist with the Federal Highway Administration’s National Resource Center for approximately 16 years. Mike specializes in providing air quality related expertise in the area of transportation conformity, emissions modeling and the CMAQ program. Previously, he worked for the South Carolina DHEC, Bureau of Air Quality responsible for mobile source/transportation issues, modeling and SIP development. In addition, Mike spent several years as the Environmental Program Manager with the South Carolina Department of Transportation responsible for the environmental oversight on major highway projects throughout the state. Mike also provides technical expertise and training in the area of highway traffic noise analysis, mitigation and barrier acoustic design. Since joining FHWA, Mike has provided training and technical assistance in 34 states and internationally. In addition, Mike is the founder and Co-chair of the Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit (STAQS). Mike is a former Commissioned Officer in the United State Air Force. He is a graduate of FHWA’s Leadership Development Academy and holds M.S. in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Maryland.

Jeffrey Riley - Co-Chair, United States Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6 Jeff is an environmental scientist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Region 6 Air Planning Section located in Dallas, Texas, which oversees the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Mr. Riley has worked in the Air Program since 2006, serving as a regional transportation conformity and general conformity specialist, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) air quality specialist, as well as coordinating State Implementation Plan activities for the State of Arkansas and the El Paso, Texas border area. Previously, he worked in EPA’s Resource Conservation Recovery Act Permitting Program as a human health risk assessor, risk modeler, and GIS specialist.

Dianna Myers – Co-Chair, US EPA Region 4 Ms. Myers serves as the Regional Transportation Conformity Expert in the Air Regulatory Management Section. She coordinates all transportation conformity and state implementation planning issues relating to motor vehicle budgets and provides technical assistance to nonattainment/maintenance areas throughout EPA Region 4. Ms. Myers is the primary contact for areas in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and the majority of the areas in Kentucky, as well as Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Myers has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 29 years. She has worked in the Office of Environmental Accountability and in the Northern Air Enforcement and Compliance Section. She has Bachelors in Industrial Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. She is married with children.

Jenny Narvaez – North Central Texas Council of Governments Jenny Narvaez manages the Air Quality Technical Planning and Analysis team in the Transportation Department of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Her team conducts all transportation conformities for the Dallas-Fort Worth region as well as emission inventories for development of the State Implementation Plan. Other work includes analyzing a variety of emission, vehicle, and activity trends that are direct output from many of the tools utilized in traditional air quality planning. Jenny’s education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is currently working on completing her Ph.D. in Environmental and Earth Sciences and teaches Environmental Science at the community college level. She resides with her family in Arlington, Texas.

Astrid Terry - Environmental Protection Specialist, US EPA- OTAQ Astrid Terry has worked as an Environmental Protection Specialist in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality’s State Measures and Conformity Group for the past thirteen years focusing on transportation conformity issues. She is currently a member of the Transportation Conformity Team. Previously, Astrid worked at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, EPA Region 9’s Water Permitting Branch and EPA’s Region 6 Water Enforcement Branch. Astrid has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M.

Kevin Black- Air Quality Specialist, FHWA-Resource Center Kevin Black is an Air Quality Specialist with FHWA’s Resource Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He works on technical issues including air quality impact analysis associated with highway programs, MOVES model applications, air quality monitoring related to EPA’s near road monitor network, FHWA’s CMAQ program and other transportation-related air quality issues. He provides training and technical assistance through courses that include FHWA’s Air Quality Fundamentals Course, FHWA’s Air Quality Benefits Analysis Course, FHWA’s MySQL Course, EPA’s MOVES Model Course, and through webinars. He is the coordinator for the Northern Transportation and Air Quality Summit (NTAQS) and assists in the coordination of the Southern Transportation and Air Quality Summit, yearly meetings covering transportation-related air quality issues. Kevin is a member of TRB’s Regional Emissions Subcommittee, TRB’s Project Level Subcommittee, and TRB’s Air Quality Research Subcommittee and a member of the Coordinating Research Council’s (CRC) Real World Emission Committee where he provides support for establishing research needs. In addition to his participation with TRB and CRC, he is a member of Air and Waste Management Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Institute of Transportation Engineers. His educational background includes a BA in Geography from George Mason University, a BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from George Mason University.

Kelly Sheckler, Physical Scientist, US EPA Region 4 Ms. Kelly Sheckler is a Physical Scientist that serves as the Advance Program Coordinator in the Air Regulatory Management Section of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 4 office in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been with U.S. EPA Region 4 since 1987. Over the course of her career at EPA (Region 3 in Philadelphia and Region 4 in Atlanta), Ms. Sheckler has worked on issues ranging from enforcement, new source review, transportation conformity, voluntary programs and other mobile source issues.

Barbara C. Maley – FHWA, Texas Division Barbara is with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Texas Division. Her primary discipline responsibilities include: regional and project level air quality as well as metropolitan planning. She is a certified planner with graduate and undergraduate degrees from Baylor and Texas Tech. Over the course of her planning career, she has been honored with awards from the FHWA Planning Discipline and the WTS Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter. In addition to her work with FHWA, Barbara enjoys traveling with her husband and friends.

Mark Glaze – FHWA Resource Center Mr. Glaze has been employed as an Environmental Protection Specialist with the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Natural Environment since June of 2010. His responsibilities include: operation and support for the CMAQ Program and IT systems; facilitate use of MOVES and other air quality models for Transportation Conformity and Climate Change applications; and development and promotion of research projects concerning Air Quality and Climate Change. Previously Mr. Glaze spent ten years with the Delaware Department of Transportation as the Air Quality Program Manager. In this capacity he was responsible for the coordination and successful completion of all Air Quality related permits, studies and analyses conducted to meet federal and state statutory, planning and regulatory requirements. His air quality and transportation experience also include five years with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Prior to his Delaware experience he was employed as a regulatory economist with the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC and the US Department of Agriculture in Durham, NH. Mr. Glaze holds both a BS degree in Biology and a MS degree in Economics, both granted by the University of Delaware.

Day 1: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Opening Remarks and Welcome Address Marcus Wilner – Chief Operating Officer, Federal Highway Administration-Texas Division Mr. Wilner is currently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Texas Division, a position he has held since February, 2017. As the COO, Marcus is responsible for providing direction and leadership to a large office staff in support of the Division Administrator’s emphasis areas, while managing the daily internal operations of the Division. Prior to this position, Mr. Wilner served for almost seven years as the Assistant Division Administrator (ADA) for the FHWA New Mexico Division. In this capacity, he oversaw the day-to-day operations of a professional and administrative staff of 17 employees that provide support to the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) transportation program. Marcus also assisted the Division Administrator in providing leadership and direction over the New Mexico Division and in establishing office activities, priorities, and budget. Marcus started his career with FHWA in 1999, spending time in previous positions as the Director of Program Development in the FHWA Ohio Division, Planning and Program Development Manager for the FHWA North Carolina Division Office, and Statewide Transportation Planner in the FHWA Georgia Division. During his tenure with FHWA, Mr. Wilner has led and participated on numerous work groups to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the transportation planning and environmental processes. Upon graduation from Florida State University with a Master of Science in Planning, Mr. Wilner also spent two years with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).

Michael Morris, P.E. –Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Governments Michael Morris has been on staff in the Transportation Department of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, since 1979. The Metropolitan Planning Organization serves the region by developing transportation plans and programs that address the transportation needs of a rapidly growing metropolitan area. Mr. Morris became the Director in 1990. As the Director of Transportation, Michael is also responsible for coordinating plans, programs, and projects to improve mobility and reduce vehicle emissions. Mr. Morris received his Masters in Civil Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1979, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He previously served as the Chairman of the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee and a National Associate of the National Academies of Science.

Day 1: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Mayor Rob Franke – Chairman, Regional Transportation Council Rob Franke is a peacemaker. His diverse background includes resolving complex issues through consensus, shared values and mutual success in high-energy situations. Rob’s experience in mediation, engineering, business, political environments, and charged situations provides clear focus to turn challenges to opportunity. Rob is serving his 8th term as Mayor of Cedar Hill. He has served 21 years as mayor, plus three years’ service on the city council (two years as Mayor Pro Tem). He is the 2011 recipient of the William J. Pitstick Award – presented annually by the 16-county North Central Texas Council of Governments, to recognize an individual who has demonstrated a commitment to “regionalism” by promoting cooperation between citizens and government officials. He currently serves as Chair of the Regional Transportation Council of North Texas. Educated as a chemical engineer, Rob is also a certified mediator specializing in public policy, engineering, and municipal conflicts. Rob has a diverse business background from environmental remediation to infrastructure engineering, serving on boards of directors, and part owner in his own engineering firm. He also serves on numerous regional boards, non-profit corporation boards, and ministries.

Sustainability Session Moderator: Lynorae Benjamin, Chief, Air Regulatory Management Section, US EPA Region 4 Lynorae Benjamin is Chief of the Air Regulatory Management Section with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 4 office in Atlanta, Georgia. The Air Regulatory Management Section is responsible for working with the Region 4 state, local and tribal agencies to ensure compliance with the health- and welfare-based national ambient air quality standards; for improving visibility in Class I areas in the Southeast to natural background levels by 2064; and for ensuring transportation activities do not interfere with air quality goals. She supervises a group of engineers and scientists that work in partnership with the Federal, state, local and tribal agencies in the eight states in the Southeast to meet the related Clean Air Act requirements. Lynorae has been with the Region 4 EPA office since 1998, and started out as an Environmental Engineer on the Mobile Source Team dealing with transportation, fuels and other mobile source issues that may impact air quality. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Clark Atlanta University and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. An identical twin, Lynorae is a native of New Jersey.

Day 1: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Robert Chamberlin P.E./PTOE - Senior Director, Resource Systems Group (RSG) Robert Chamberlin is a Senior Director at RSG, an employee-owned company with offices in Vermont, Chicago, DC, Salt Lake City, San Diego, and Portland. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College. He leads RSG’s Transportation Engineering practice, and specializes in traffic operations and mobile air quality impacts. He has published several papers for the Transportation Research Board and currently serves on the TRB Committee on Transportation and Air Quality. Outside his professional life, Chamberlin enjoys the great outdoors, fly-fishing the waters of the Rocky Mountains. He is also an accomplished watercolor painter.

Kristina Brevard – Vice President, Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) Kristina Brevard is the Vice President of Strategic Planning & Development for the Denton County Transportation Authority. Ms. Brevard is highly engaged in regional transportation planning through various NCTCOG program initiatives and currently serves as an officer on the Surface Transportation Technical Committee. She has worked for DCTA for nearly ten years, was involved in the A-train commuter rail development and implementation and has been focused on the Agency’s long-range planning efforts while leveraging strategic partnerships to address the exponential growth in Denton and Collin Counties through creative financing, innovative service development and joint-land use. Prior to working at DCTA, Ms. Brevard worked in municipal government, higher education, the IT industry and the non-profit sector.

Benjamin VanGessel – USEPA, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) Benjamin joined the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2016. Since joining EPA, he has worked on a variety of technical and policy issues, written and contributed to rulemakings, guidance documents, and has also co-taught courses on MOVES and quantitative PM hot-spot analyses. Ben previously worked at the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University.

Stakeholder Roundtable Chris Klaus, Senior Program Manager- NCTCOG Chris Klaus has been on staff in the Transportation Department of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, since July 1994. He is a Senior Program Manager managing the department’s Air Quality Planning and Operations activities, which respond to federal air quality requirements and work towards reaching attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Chris received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1994, and his Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2003.

Day 1: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Regulatory and Policy Session

Moderator: Jeff Riley, Environmental Scientist – USEPA Region 6 Biography previously provided.

Guy Donaldson – Associate Director of Air Programs, USEPA Region 6 Guy Donaldson is the Associate Director of Air Programs for the EPA Region 6 office in Dallas. Mr. Donaldson has been with EPA since 1988 working in various aspects of air quality, including grants, monitoring, permitting, enforcement, and planning efforts. He has also served as an air inspector for both EPA and with the Texas Air Control Board. Most of his career has been devoted to working with State and Local representatives to address air quality issues and Clean Air Act Requirements. Guy grew up in Houston and holds Bachelors & Masters of Science Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Benjamin VanGessel – USEPA, OTAQ

Biography previously provided.

Freight and Fuels Session

Moderator: Scott Davis, Manager – USEPA, Region 4 Mr. Scott Davis is a manager in the Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division of the Region 4 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta, Georgia and has been with EPA for over 26 years. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is currently Chief of the Air Planning and Implementation Branch, where his responsibilities include managing the Air Regulatory Management and Air Permitting Sections. These sections work in implementation of national ambient air quality standards, transportation conformity, state implementation plans, prevention of significant deterioration, new source review, Outer Continental Shelf, and federal operating air permits, and support for voluntary air quality programs for the eight Southeastern states. Mr. Davis is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, where he served as a C-130 Squadron Commander at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. During his career he flew as a Navigator, accumulating over 5800 hours of flight time in the C-130 Hercules aircraft, including over 500 combat hours during service in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2004-2005.

Day 1: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Stephen Costa- Technical Analyst, USDOT- Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Stephen Costa is a Technical Analyst at the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. There he supports a variety of projects focused on the role of transportation as both an element of energy supply and end-use. These include interagency collaborations to advance the production, transport, and distribution of alternative fuels, as well as the expansion of alternative fuel infrastructure and end-use adoption of alternative fuel and advanced energy technology vehicles. His current efforts assist programs and initiatives at the US DOT Office of the Asst. Secretary for Research & Technology, the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies & Bioenergy Technologies Offices, the Federal Highway Administration, and other state agency partners. Mr. Costa has also supported a range of other interdisciplinary projects and initiatives at the Volpe Center. Some of these include motor carrier safety data collection and analysis, strategic energy planning for modal administrations across DOT, assessment of climate vulnerability and resiliency of transportation infrastructure, and novel transportation technology research. Before joining US DOT in 2006, Mr. Costa worked for over 6 years at the US Department of Energy supporting a range of energy efficiency and alternative fuel programs targeted to public and private partners in fleet management, building administration, domestic manufacturing, as well as the general public. Mr. Costa has a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a MA in Energy & Environmental Analysis from Boston University.

Daniel Bizer-Cox- USEPA, OTAQ

Lori Clark- Program Manager, North Central Texas Council of Governments Lori Pampell Clark joined the Transportation Department staff of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) in July 2005. She currently serves as a Program Manager, overseeing Clean Fleet and Energy Improvement initiatives. Her responsibilities include implementation of various programs and policies to improve air quality, with a focus on clean vehicles and alternative fuels, including electric vehicles. Recent projects have included work in energy efficiency and renewable energy, including solar power. Lori is originally from Pearland, Texas. In 2002, she received a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Baylor University. She also serves as board President for Keep Grapevine Beautiful.

Day 2: August 30, 2017

Project-Level Issues and Emissions Session

Moderator: Kevin Black, FHWA-Resource Center Biography previously provided.

Robert Chamberlin, RSG

Biography previously provided.

Suriya Vallamsumdar- Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Dr. Vallamsundar is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Air Quality Program at Texas A&M Transportation Institute. She has been conducting research in areas of transportation and air quality modeling, integrated modeling frameworks for urban air quality and population exposure, and policy analysis. She has been the key researcher on several studies, including the project- level PM hot-spot modeling in Illinois and Texas, characterizing population exposure to traffic related air pollution, and investigating the near-road air quality data and their implications for project-level air quality analyses. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago and M.A.Sc in Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo, Canada.

Rich Stucky- Senior Account Executive, IHS-Polk – Federal Government Business Senior Account Executive for Federal Government business. Responsible for identifying and developing solutions for Federal Agencies based on the broad array of data and analytics that are available from IHS-Polk, now IHS Markit. Critical activities include exploring Governmental Agency needs and mission objectives and identifying expertise and solutions to meet those requirements today and in the future. Extensive Automotive industry experience includes 32 years at General Motors in multiple interdisciplinary roles in both domestic and global markets and nine years at IHS-Polk in charge of developing government business. Education: Bachelor of Science from Lehigh University and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)

Moderator: Barbara Maley, FHWA-Texas Division Biography previously provided.

Mark Glaze – FHWA, Headquarters Biography previously provided.

Day 2: August 30, 2017

Shelly Whitworth - Program Manager, Houston-Galveston Area Council Shelley Whitworth has been the Air Quality Program Manager for the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) since 2001. She is responsible for the Air Quality Technical Analysis Program managing analytical and implementation efforts relating to Transportation Control Measure Commitments, and other State Implementation Commitments activities pertaining to Mobile Emissions. She has overseen the development of H-GAC’s Clean Air Program, the Marketing and Outreach of the Commute Solutions and Clean Vehicle, Drayage Loan Programs which are some of the largest programs of this type in the country.

Edward Dancausse – FHWA, North Carolina Division Mr. Dancausse graduated from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and the George Washington University with a Master of Engineering Management. Eddie worked for the Department of Defense for 12 years doing environmental work in the areas of Hazardous Waste Management, Storm/Waste Water Management and Air Quality Management. He joined the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in January 2000 and has worked on air quality issues both at FHWA Headquarters and the FHWA North Carolina (NC) Division. Eddie has provided oversight and interacted extensively with Federal, State, and local partners for the successful completion of transportation conformity determinations and also manages the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program for the FHWA NC Division office.

New Technologies in Air Quality Assessment Session

Moderator: Edward Dancausse, FHWA – NC Division Biography previously provided.

David Lary, Ph.D – Professor, University of Texas Dr. David Lary received a First Class Double Honors B.Sc. in Physics and Chemistry from King’s College London (1987) with the Sambrooke Exhibition Prize in Natural Science, and a Ph.D. in Photochemical Computer Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, Churchill College (1991). The thread running through all the research is physics in service of society through the use of data driven insights using observation and automation to facilitate discovery, with a focus in the area of human health and the health of infrastructure. A key part of this is the analysis of massive data sets (BigData) using machine learning and high performance computing, and IoT devices for smart decision making. David held positions at Cambridge University from 1991-2001, including being a faculty member and receiving a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. The Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy founded in 1660. In 1998 David was awarded the first Alon Fellowship in the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Space Science at the University of Tel-Aviv. In 2000 the chief scientific adviser to the British Prime Minister and Head of the British

Day 2: August 30, 2017

Office of Science and Technology, Professor Sir David King, recommended David to be appointed as a Cambridge University lecturer in Chemical Informatics in the world’s first department of Chemical Informatics. In 2001, David was invited to join NASA for his work on data assimilation as the first distinguished Goddard fellow in Earth Science and stayed at NASA till 2010, receiving six NASA awards for his research and technology development. While at NASA he worked in several offices including the Data Assimilation Office (now the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office), the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, the Science Integration and Visualization Office, and the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. In 2010, David joined the Hanson Center for Space Science at the University of Texas at Dallas where he has focused on Big Data and Machine Learning from remote sensing in service of society using satellites, smart cities, the internet of things, remote control aerial vehicles and machine learning. He is about to deploy a network of airborne allergen sensors across Chattanooga, TN, for a smart city asthma and allergy early warning system. He also has a position in the Veterans Administration North Texas Health Care System for Big Data, Machine Learning and Health Informatics, and is adjunct professor in the University of Texas at Dallas Department of Electrical Engineering, Baylor University, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research, and the School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center. David is a Scholar of the Institute for Integrative Health and working group Co-Chair of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Working Group on Health and founding director of the Multi-Scale Integrated Intelligent Interactive Sensing Center (MINTS) at the University of Texas at Dallas. David founded two companies, Machine Data Learning and Data Driven Decisions. Machine Data Learning LLC holds the IP for global health related data products. Data Driven Decisions LLC is a consulting company founded to assist Warren Buffet’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) with predictive data analytics for train track health.

Bill Keyrouze - Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Bill has over 9 years of experience in public policy at the federal, state, and local level. His professional career has focused on transportation and infrastructure policy, including MAP-21 and the FAST Act, while his graduate work focused on sustainable transportation systems, smart growth and livability, environmental justice, land use, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. At the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO), Bill works on the technical issues MPO’s are involved with in the transportation planning process. He directs AMPO’s federal grant awards and manages the activities of AMPO’s Air Quality, Travel Modeling, Performance Based Planning and Programming, and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Working Groups. In addition, Bill manages the AMPO Technical Committee and directs AMPO’s MPO research efforts. Prior to AMPO, Bill worked at Building America’s Future for more than 5 years where he served as a senior staff member and provided infrastructure and transportation policy guidance and support to the executive staff and co-chairs. His responsibilities included policy research and analysis, preparing and drafting Congressional testimony, coordinating policy forums, and managing stakeholder relationships. Bill worked directly with the executive staff, board members, and co-chairs on a number of issues – including ensuring that several of Building America’s Future’s priorities were included in the final passage of MAP-21.

Day 2: August 30, 2017

Bill has also worked for United States Senator Charles Schumer (NY), where he served as Deputy Director of the Hudson Valley regional office. In this capacity he established and maintained relationships with community representatives and organizations on behalf of the Senator, attended meetings and events on behalf of the Senator, drafted memorandums for Senator Schumer and various colleagues, engaged in constituent services, and assisted in leveraging federal resources to benefit those in need. Additionally, Bill participated in and worked on several joint projects with stakeholders at the state and local level – including several transportation related projects. Bill is a native of Saratoga Springs, NY. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and a Master's Degree in Sustainable Urban Planning from The George Washington University.

Dr. Reza Farzaneh - Program Manager, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Dr. Reza Farzaneh, is the program manager of the air quality program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. He has over 15 years of transportation research experience, mainly focused on transportation air quality, data analysis, vehicular emissions measurement and estimation, as well as transportation engineering and traffic flow analysis. He is currently leading efforts on integrating emerging data sources into various air quality applications.

Emissions and Activity Modeling Session

Moderator: Dianna Myers- Regional Transportation Conformity Expert, USEPA, Region 4 Biography previously provided.

Jeremy Johnson - Research Specialist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Mr. Johnson has worked for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) for over 17 years and has held numerous positions at TTI during that time. Currently, Mr. Johnson is a Research Specialist II in the Air Quality Program at TTI where he manages the Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF), located on the RELLIS Campus of Texas A&M University. The EERF facility is a state of the art environmentally controlled test facility allowing for emissions testing of vehicles under controlled environmental conditions. Mr. Johnson has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University. During his time at TTI, Mr. Johnson has worked on a wide variety of projects, collecting and analyzing emissions data for various types of vehicles, including both on and off road studies. These projects have included testing within the EERF facility, as well as many in-use field tests. Mr. Johnson is also involved in ongoing PAMS data collection projects, including bus fleets at Texas A&M University and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).

Day 2: August 30, 2017

Madhusudhan Venugopal, P.E. - Texas A&M Transportation Institute Madhusudhan Venugopal, P.E., has over 12 years of experience in transportation and air quality planning specifically in working on short and long-range transportation plans and preparing emission inventories in support of regional transportation conformity and SIP analysis. He has performed numerous projects on developing and quantifying emission reduction strategies for SIP and CMAQ analyses that included performing cost-benefit analysis for emission control measures.