Dr. Gregory Rowangould

05/14/2019

10/26/2018

Come see some our latest research on transportation issues in the Albuquerque area at UNM's 2018 Shared Knowledge Conference.

MS Student Alexis Corning Padilla will present her research on evaluating better ways to maintain and pay for sidewalks in Albuquerque: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/skc/2018/posters/13/

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PhD Candidate Razieh Nadafianshahamabai will present her research on how autonomous vehicles may affect future travel patterns, traffic and land-use in the region: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/skc/2018/posters/50/

In many communities, pedestrian infrastructure is discontinuous, inaccessible to those with physical disabilities, and poorly maintained. Correcting these problems would be a first step in providing infrastructure to achieve the active travel and related transportation goals of many communities. One...

08/03/2018

What can states do with federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program funds that do not have any air quality non-attainment areas? We evaluate what states in this situation do and outline best practices in this new paper published in the Transportation Research Record.

State departments of transportation (DOTs) face unique challenges in programming funds for the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) ...

06/08/2018

Come work at UNM and help local and county governments improve how they design, build and manage their transportation systems!

The purpose of the Federal Highway Administration’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is to provide information and training to local governme...

06/05/2018

Transportation accounts for about 27% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the United States. More stringent vehicle emission standards and the increased adoption of electric vehicles and low carbon fuels are the strategies thought to offer the greatest potential for significantly reducing transportation related GHG emissions. What happens if technological progress and adoption of these new technologies is slower than expected? For example, if the federal government fails to provide necessary incentives and supportive policies what can local, regional and state governments achieve on their own? We evaluate this question in a case study of the Albuquerque metropolitan area in a paper just published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment:

Can regional transportation and land-use planning achieve deep reductions in GHG emissions from vehicles?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.05.010

Free access to the article for 50 days:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1X6gj4rgZiVGCW

06/05/2018

Typically, regional transportation planners only evaluate the endpoints of long range transportation plans. For example, it is common to evaluate a long range plan by how much it improves traffic congestion or reduces greenhouse gas emissions over today's levels by the end of the planning period - typically 25 to 30 years into the future. What happens during the interim 25 to 30 years? We find out in a paper just published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment:

Evaluating the cumulative impacts of a long range regional transportation plan: Particulate matter exposure, greenhouse gas emissions, and transportation system performance.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.05.014

Free access to the article for 50 days:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XA8m_UzsnFxCI

06/05/2018

Welcome to Dr. Rowangould's transportation research page. I'll be using this page to provide updates on my research group's latest findings, publications and reports. I will also be using this page to comment on relevant local and national transportation related events, research and policy.