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The place where air quality and transportation professionals go for ideas!
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Quick tips wanted for promoting lawn mower trade-in event
When John Parker of the Orange County Environmental Protection Agency was gearing up to do a lawn mower trade-in event and wanted fresh ideas for promoting it, he posted a quick note on the Exchange asking if anyone had some material examples to share. Reggie Korthals from the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission had some helpful ideas for John the next day. So did Phyllis Fitzgerald from the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District. Phyllis shared lots of relevant information—a fact sheet, press release, rebate cards, and more. Click for more details...
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Wanted: best calculators for estimating emissions reductions
Helise Cohn from the San Francisco/Bay Area Regional Rideshare Program is looking for a top-notch emissions calculator to show how much pollutants people could eliminate from the air if they choose alternate modes of transportation. Kathy Daniel from the Federal Highway Administration saw her note on the Exchange and pointed Helise to a recent It All Adds Up newsletter interview with telecommuting expert, John Edwards, who suggests using calculators developed by the Telework Coalition and the Washington, DC area Council of Governments. Susan Shankle, author of "The Joy of Carpooling," told Helise where she could find anther useful calculator along with some tips on public education. Click for more details...
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Community Partner is looking for a few billboard ideas
Cathleen Edgerly from the Capital Area Transit Authority in Michigan hit the exchange looking for advice on how to use It All Adds Up to create a customized billboard campaign. Joni Brown from Air Victoria—Keep it Clean, Texas, invited Cathleen to visit the AirShare Web site where she had posted some photos of her own It All Adds Up billboards. John Stark from the Wichita Department of Environmental Health explained how he partnered with some local aerospace industries to develop air quality billboards in several locations and John Oltman from Broward County, Air Quality Division, Fl, suggested bus banners with the It All Adds Up tagline. Click for more details...
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Who gives riders free/discounted bus rides on ozone action days?
Joan Rohlfs from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments visited the Exchange to see if she could find if and how transit agencies promoted discounts on bad air quality days. Kathy Daniel from the Federal Highway Administration pointed to some programs featured in previous Exchange posts. She also encouraged Joan to consider educating people about the small steps they could take to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in an effort to increase ridership and inform the public about why mass transit is good for the air. Jonathan Baty from the Bicycle Commuter Coalition of the Inland Empire also chimed in with a creative idea. Click for more details...
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