FY 2023 AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY DETERMINATION AND REGIONAL EMISSIONS MODELING

The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc. (NJTPA) is seeking consultant support to perform an air quality conformity analysis on the FY 2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Plan 2050, the current Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP); and a subsequent air quality conformity analysis as required from anticipated non-exempt, regionally significant projects that emanate from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). 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 Inventory. The NJTPA invites all qualified firms with experience in this area to submit proposals for this