• Gateway Cities Clean Air Program  –  Ms. Siwek was the chief architect and program director of this voluntary program to reduce emissions in the region most directly impacted by heavy-duty trucks doing port-related hauling in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The program scraps old, heavy-duty trucks and replaces them with newer trucks that are also retrofit with emission reduction devices. The program started in 2000 with $500,000 in EPA funds and has grown to a $30 million program. The program also includes the retrofitting of over 590 pieces of on-port equipment at the Port of Long Beach. 2000-2005.
• Legislative and Policy Support – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials  –  Ms. Siwek currently provides legislative and policy support to AASHTO on Reauthorization issues associated with transportation and air quality.  Work included: developing the reauthorization briefing documents for the AASHTO Board of Directors, briefing Congressional staff on proposals for reform, and developing comments on rulemakings related to the implementation of the new 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 standards. 2003-2005.
• Research Study on the SIP- Conformity Interaction  –  Ms. Siwek completed a research study and six case studies on the interaction between State Implementation Plans and Transportation Conformity. This study was completed in concert with Resources for the Future and Harvard University and was released in January 2003. The study is available at www.rff.org.
• National Highway Institute and National Transit Institute Training Courses  –  Ms. Siwek has been involved in developing and teaching a number of transportation courses for both the National Highway Institute and the National Transit Institute. Ms. Siwek is an NHI-certified instructor. Current work includes teaching the following courses: Introduction to Transportation Conformity, Metropolitan Planning, Implications of Air Quality on Transportation Planning, 2000-ongoing.
• Transportation Planning  –  Authored Metropolitan Planning Guide-How The Pieces Fit Together, Statewide Planning Guide-A New Framework for Decision Making, and ITS and Planning: Fitting the Pieces Together for the FHWA and FTA. These publications focus on ISTEA=s intermodal planning processes including congestion management systems, relationships to MIS, NEPA, and transportation conformity. The ITS Guide discusses the need and explains how to mainstream ITS into the Planning process. These publications were released in 1995, 1996 and 1998 respectively.
• Integration of TEA-21 and CAA Guidance   –Consultant to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on issues related to implementation of transportation provisions of the CAA and their integration with TEA-21 requirements. Includes the provision of technical assistance to states and MPOs on matters relating to: integration of air quality concerns into transportation planning processes, development of a Strategic Plan for Environmental Research, amendments to EPA=s transportation conformity regulation, information on transportation control measures, development of guidance on the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ), and liaison with EPA and associations representing Governors, MPOs, Cities, and Counties.  Authored A Basic Guide to Transportation Conformity for State and Local Officials, released in June 1997 and Reference Guide to Transportation Conformity, released in May 2000-ongoing.
• On-Call Air Quality Assistance to Genesee Transportation Council   –  This project involves advising this Metropolitan Planning Organization on the likely designation as a non-attainment area under EPA=s new 8-hour ozone standard.  The project includes policy advice, technical input on issues and helping prepare the MPO to address transportation conformity requirements. Summer 2000-ongoing.
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program Guidance   –  This project involved facilitating focus groups to gather input used in the development of Guidance under this TEA-21 funding program and drafting both Interim and Final Guidance.  The draft guidance was issued in August 1998 and the final Guidance was issued in the spring, 1999.
  

[back to top]