vxSmartWay
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency *
SmartWay Program Highlights for 2021
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SMARTWAY DATA DRIVES PARTNERSHIPS
SmartWay enables companies across the supply chain to exchange
performance data in ways that help businesses contribute to stronger and
more competitive economy and healthier air for Americans.
With consistent, quality-checked information and tools, SmartWay lets
companies spend less time figuring out their freight supply chain footprints,
and more time getting down to business.
By listening to and working with Partners, SmartWay delivers more of what
businesses need.
SMARTWAY SAVES MONEY AND CONTRIBUTES TO
AMERICAN PROSPERITY
Trucking and freight transportation are vital to U.S. prosperity.
•	Logistics and transportation contributed $1.63 trillion to our economy
in 2019, representing 7.6 percent of annual G.D.P.
•	Trucks moved 72.5% of all U.S. freight tonnage and trucking revenues
represent over 80.4% of the nation's freight bill.
•	Over 7.95 million people are employed in trucking-related jobs, many
in small businesses, supporting hardworking families in communities
across America.
•	Working with SmartWay, U.S. trucking companies have saved
$44.8 billion on fuel costs, contributing to lower prices while helping
American truckers.
SAAARTWAY SAVES OIL AND SUPPORTS US
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
•	Since 2004, SmartWay has helped its Partners
save 336 million barrels of oil - equivalent
to eliminating annual energy use in over
21 million homes.
•	By helping America's freight industry reduce
its dependence on foreign fuel, we can invest
more dollars at home and reduce our national
trade deficit.
•	Tractor, trailer and equipment suppliers to the
freight industry also rely upon SmartWayto
verify the benefits of fuel-saving vehicles and
equipment.
SmartWay helped
Partners save
336 m
barrels of oil
Eliminating annual
energy use in over
21m
homes
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SmartWay Program Highlights for 2021 (continued)
THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS RELY
UPON SMARTWAY
Nearly 4,000 companies and organizations use SmartWay to improve
freight sustainability and efficiency.
Over 3,700 companies representing a broad cross-section of industries --
trucking, rail, barge, and air freight, and their customers -- rely upon
SmartWay for:
•	Information on clean and efficient technologies, operational strategies
and other business practices that leverage transportation spend,
reduce costs and contribute to healthier air for our families and com-
munities;
•	A no-cost comprehensive and well-recognized system to track,
document and share information about fuel use and freight emissions
across supply chains;
•	Data to help companies identify and select more efficient carriers and
modes;
•	Opportunities to share best practices, access training and information
that improve performance, and gain recognition for achievements;
•	Metrics to use in sustainability reports, procurements and KSA
processes.
Over 200 major industry associations, non-governmental organizations,
states and localities, and professional trade groups also participate as
SmartWay Affiliates.
SMARTWAY DEMONSTRATES
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN GREEN
FREIGHT
•	Recognizing our inextricably linked
U.S.-Canada commerce, energy and
environmental cooperation, SmartWay, in
coordination with Natural Resources
Canada, offers N. American businesses a
single, seamless bi-national program.
•	As part of a Global Green Freight Action
Plan, which aims to develop green freight
programs in other regions, SmartWay serves as
a global role model.
SMARTWAY HELPS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS
•	Since 2004, SmartWay has helped partners avoid emitting 143 million
metric tons of C02, 2.7 million short tons of NOx, and 112,000 short
tons of PM, which helps protect the environment and keep
Americans healthy.
•	Emissions reductions benefit communities near ports, borders, and
truck stops, protecting the health and well-being of citizens in these
areas.
SmartWay helped Partners
avoid emitting
143m
metric tons of carbon dioxide
ABOUT U.S. EPA SMARTWAY
SmartWay is a market-driven initiative that empowers businesses to
move freight in the cleanest, most energy-efficient way possible. It
provides shippers and carriers with the tools and support they need to
track, document, and share information about transport modes,
equipment, and operational strategies that can reduce fuel use and
emissions across the supply chain.
SmartWay
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency*

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