SmartWay
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SmartWay Program Highlights
£ PA's SmartWay ...is a
market-driven partnership
to help businesses move
goods in the cleanest most
efficient way possible. By
providing a consistent set of
tools and information needed
to make informed transpor-
tation choices, SmartWay
enables companies across
the supply chain to exchange
performance data in ways
that protect the environment,
enhance our nation's energy
security and foster economic
vitality. To encourage contin-
ued improvement, SmartWay
provides incentives and rec-
ognition for top performers.
SmartWay Saves Oil
• Since 2004, SmartWay partners have saved 1 20.7 million barrels of oil. This is
equivalent to taking over 1 0 million cars off the road for an entire year.
• Fewer dollars going overseas for foreign oil means more dollars to invest at home;
having fewer imports also reduces our national trade deficit.
SmartWay Saves Money and Supports US Business Interests
• SmartWay is helping US businesses to slash their fuel costs, saving $1 6.8 billion
dollars to date. These savings support America's trucking industry and the customers
they serve.
• Truck, trailer and equipment suppliers to the US trucking industry also rely upon
SmartWay to help them demonstrate to customers the benefits of cleaner, more fuel-
efficient products.
SmartWay Protects US Jobs and the Economy
• SmartWay is one of ATA's six strategies to ensure the long-term sustainability of the
US trucking industry. According to ATA, 1 out of every 16 people (6.9 million people)
working in the US private sector is employed in a trucking-related job; trucking annually
generates $604 billion in gross freight revenues, or about 4 percent of the US Gross
Domestic Product.
• A strong trucking industry is essential to our nation's competiveness and to US jobs.
SmartWay contributes to the health of this vital sector, protecting US jobs and the
economy.
Thousands of US Businesses and Organizations Need SmartWay
• More than 3,000 of the nation's shippers, truck and rail carriers (including many
Fortune 500 companies) have registered with SmartWay to continue improving their
transportation supply chains. They are using SmartWay tools to assess, track, and
reduce transportation-related carbon, energy use, and air emissions.
• Small businesses rely upon SmartWay for technical expertise and assistance. SmartWay
has provided financing to help truck owners, especially small - and medium-sized
businesses upgrade to cleaner, more efficient trucks.
• The US government, through GSA, is relying upon SmartWay to implement EO
13514, which directs the federal government to green its supply chain.
• Environmental, state, and community groups rely upon SmartWay's clean air
achievements (51.6 MMT CO2, 478,000 tons NOx, and 22,000 tons PM
reduced so far) helping protect the health and well-being of citizens, especially
in low-income communities near ports, truck stops, and borders.
• The United Nations, the World Bank, the Commission for Environ-
mental Cooperation, as well as the governments of China, Mexico
and Canada, have projects and programs that rely upon SmartWay's
technical assistance, methods and tools.
• US ports rely on SmartWay's Port Drayage Truck program to
help reduce pollution and address environmental justice
concerns in and around major US ports.
U.S. EPA SmartWay | EPA-420-F-I4-003 | www.epa.gov/smartway
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