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About SmartWay

The SmartWay Transport Partnership, introduced on February 9, 2004, is an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the freight industry.

SmartWay is designed to promote creative approaches to reducing the energy and environmental impact of transport through a combination of strategies including more efficient tires, better aerodynamics, lower speeds, reduced idling, improved logistics, effective use of intermodal options, improved packaging, driver education and tire maintenance, among others.

Participating companies benchmark their current freight operations, identify technologies and strategies to reduce their carbon emissions, tract emissions reductions, and project future improvements. SmartWay partners demonstrate to customers, clients and investors that they are taking responsibility for the emission associated with goods movement, and that they are reducing their carbon footprint.

Overview

General Overview of the SmartWay Program (1 p, 848 K)

Our Audience

A brief description of the SmartWay audience (PDF) (1 p, 32k)

Fast Facts About
SmartWay Transport Partnership

Collectively achieved (cumulative, 2004 - now)*:

• Over 2,800 partners
• $6.1 billion dollars in fuel costs saved
• Saved 50 million barrels of oil -- equivalent of taking over 3 million cars off the road
• Provided over $30 million in financing to help truck owners, especially small- and medium-sized firms, buy cleaner, more fuel efficient trucks
• 16,500,000 tons CO2 reductions
• 235,000 tons NOx reductions
• 9,000 tons PM reductions

More SmartWay Highlights

Contact Us

USEPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality
SmartWay Transport Group
2000 Traverwood
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

SmartWay Call Center
p734) 214-4767
f( 734) 214-4052
e-mail: smartway_transport@epa.gov

Media Contacts

For media inquiries, please contact:

• Molly Hooven
  202-564-2313 hooven.molly@epa.gov.
  

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