The EPA’s has tightened NAAQS standards for ground-level ozone. Last week, the EPA issued a new rule that lowers the allowable amount of ozone from 75 parts per billion to 70 parts per billion. AutoCASE has that externality covered. "On October 1, 2015, EPA...
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John Parker talking today the TRB 2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Workshop
John Parker is talking today at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Summer Workshop in San Diego, California. The workshop theme is "Better Transportation and Environmental Outcomes through Effective Partnerships.”...
Air Quality from Trees and Green Roofs
Three features coming in the new version of AutoCASE - air quality impacts from different types of green infrastructure, soil carbon, and mowing and pruning effects. A storm toppled air scrubber and carbon sink In AutoCASE, in addition to quantifying carbon and air...
The Cost of Obesity (Worked Out to Four Decimals)
From the Impact Infrastructure Toronto office - we'll round the value before adding it to AutoCASE: P.S. I'm not sure why Patrick Star from Sponge Bob Square Pants is on the board in the top left but he may be describing our new scheme for stormwater management...
AutoCASE for Stormwater Management – V2.0
The new version of AutoCASE looks great! You can expect to see it in a couple of weeks (we are just putting some finishing touches on it). Over the next few weeks I'll give you a sneak preview of some of the extensive list of new features. Different surface types,...
Back to School Two/Too
Farzad Islam was our second Economics Intern this summer. Farzad is an economics student at Ryerson University. Farzad worked on a summer-long project which involved refining the data for our transit cost-benefit analysis tool (BCE for Transit and soon to be AutoCASE...
Back to School
Impact Infrastructure's connections around the world continue to grow. In our research department we have benefited from the experience and hard work of students from China, Brazil, Hong Kong, and now Ghana. Nana Yaa Abrafi Boa-Amponsem is a student at the University...
A Round of AutoCASE Please – A Tonic for the Times
"We can think of a few folks who could benefit from a round or two with AutoCASE." A round WITH AutoCASE? We'd prefer a round OF AutoCASE - for everyone. From CleanTechnica - "...planning is one thing, and gaining political support for a plan is another thing...
The Time is Right for Infrastructure Investment
From the Globe and Mail - Why is fiscal policy being ignored? August 26th 2015 by Kevin Lynch Vice-chair, BMO Financial Group, the former clerk of the Privy Council and a former deputy minister of finance: (emphasis added) "Simply put, it is time to engage fiscal...
All Hail the Humble Street Tree
A snippet of our research ... we haven't seen this comparison anywhere else so here it is ...the impact of different land covers on the urban heat island effect: Of course AutoCASE is all about synthesizing and summarizing the range of data in the research so here is...
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