Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs

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Publication Year:2001

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Committee on Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
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Emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs subject vehicles to periodic inspections of their emission control systems. Despite widespread use of these programs in air-quality management, policy makers and the public have found a number of problems associated with them. ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Summary	1-16	(skim)
1 Motor Vehicle Emissions and Regulation	17-45	(skim)
2 Vehicle Emissions-Control Technologies	46-56	(skim)
3 Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs	57-89	(skim)
4 Emerging Emissions Testing Technologies	90-117	(skim)
5 Estimating Inspection and Maintenance Emissions Reductions Using the Mobile Model	118-145	(skim)
6 Evaluating Inspection and Maintenance Programs: Methods for Estimating Emissions Reductions	146-168	(skim)
7 Evaluating Inspection and Maintenance Costs and Other Criteria	169-198	(skim)
References	199-214	(skim)
Glossary	215-226	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Information on the Committee on Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs	227-232	(skim)
Appendix B: Abbreviations and Names Used for Classifying Organic Compounds	233-233	(skim)
Appendix C: Some Statistical Issues in Inspection and Maintenance Evaluations	234-242	(skim)

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Emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs subject vehicles to periodic inspections of their emission control systems. Despite widespread use of these programs in air-quality management, policy makers and the public have found a number of problems associated with them. Prominent among these issues is the perception that emissions benefits and other impacts of I/M programs have not been evaluated adequately. Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs assesses the effectiveness of these programs for reducing mobile source emissions. In this report, the committee evaluates the differences in the characteristics of motor vehicle emissions in areas with and without I/M programs, identifies criteria and methodologies for their evaluation, and recommends improvements to the programs. Most useful of all, this book will help summarize the observed benefits of these programs and how they can be redirected in the future to increase their effectiveness.

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