COMMUTER - a Calculator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
COMMUTER is a spreadsheet-based computer model that estimates the travel and emissions impacts of transportation air quality programs focused on commuting.
It was designed to help simplify the effort required by air quality planners to estimate travel and emission effects resulting from Transportation Control Measures. The model can also be used to estimate the benefits of site-specific Commuter Choice (employer-based transportation) programs to assist employers in designing a program appropriate for them.
COMMUTER consolidates existing TCM guidance, and is based on “state-of-practice” methodologies and data. COMMUTER will reduce the time required to calculate the benefits of regional and employer-based TCMs. It will also save regional government resources, since these governments will have less need to develop their own models and tools.
