Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments Office
Washington, DC
June 29-30, 2009

Workshop Overview:

MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator)

EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is developing the MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES). This new emission modeling system will estimate emissions for on-road and nonroad mobile sources, cover a broad range of pollutants, and allow multiple scale analysis--from fine-scale analysis to national inventory estimation.

When fully implemented, MOVES will serve as the replacement for MOBILE6 and NONROAD for all official analyses associated with regulatory development, compliance with statutory requirements, and national/regional inventory projections.

A draft version of MOVES is now available. The draft model is not approved for use in State Implementation Plans or conformity determinations, but modelers are encouraged to use the model and provide comment to EPA. A final version of MOVES for car and truck emissions is planned for late 2009.

For more information on MOVES please see the MOVES site at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/index.htm.

To assist those learning to use Draft MOVES2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are scheduling a series of MOVES training sessions at locations around the country.  These trainings will include overview information on MOVES and hands-on work with the draft model, therefore attendees must bring their own laptop with them.