The Alliance for Clean Air & Transportation
The Alliance for Clean Air and Transportation (ACAT) was a national coalition of public and private organizations working to advance solutions to the nation’s traffic congestion and air pollution challenges. Through its members and partnerships, ACAT distributed messages developed by the It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air initiative and ACAT members to a broad audience nationwide.
Established in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), ACAT was the only national organization working to promote these messages.
ACAT in Action
In 2001, ACAT conducted a national rollout of the Commuter Choice Public Education Campaign. In addition, ACAT advised the Ad Council as it developed two commercial-quality television public service announcements (PSAs) on tire inflation and vehicle maintenance. Supported by the Ad Council’s credibility, these PSAs helped state and local partners secure TV placement in markets nationwide at minimal cost.
ACAT Executive Committee
ACAT Executive Committee members committed to supporting the core campaign messages and promoting the initiative to members of their organizations. Committee work allowed members’ voices to be heard in such important areas as commuter choice, vehicle maintenance, on-board diagnostics, health, consumer incentives, land use, “green car” marketing, and alternate modes of transportation. Executive Committee members included the following diverse set of transportation and air quality stakeholders:
- Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- American Automobile Association
- American Bus Association
- American Highway Users Alliance
- American Lung Association
- American Petroleum Institute
- American Public Transportation Association
- American Public Works Association
- American Trucking Associations
- Associated General Contractors
- Association for Commuter Transportation
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- Best Workplaces for Commuters
- Car Care Council
- Center for Clean Air Policy
- Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Edison Electric Institute
- Electric Drive Transportation Association
- Eno Transportation Foundation
- Environmental Defense
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- Ford Motor Company
- Intelligent Transportation Systems of America
- League of American Bicyclists
- Maryland Department of Transportation
- National Association of Regional Councils
- National Sand, Stone and Gravel Association
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
- Society of Automotive Engineers/ Service Technicians Society
- State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators/ Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials
- Surface Transportation Policy Project
- Texas Transportation Institute
- The Road Information Program
- The Sierra Club
- The Telework Coalition
- Urban Land Institute
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources