FY 2021 Air Quality Conformity Determination and Regional Emissions Modeling

The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc. (NJTPA), the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the 13 counties in northern New Jersey, is announcing a Request for Proposals for consultant assistance the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc. (NJTPA) is seeking consultant support to perform an air quality conformity analysis on the FY 2022 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Plan 2050, the current Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The central purpose of this contract will be to: estimate the emissions of mobile source criterion- pollutants in the NJTPA’s non-attainment and maintenance areas from the regional transportation network using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator ( MOVES) model and update the on-road mobile Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and forecasts in the NJTPA’s GHG Mitigation Plan. The NJTPA invites all qualified firms with experience in this area to submit proposals for this project.