Program Highlights:

Green Ports Initiative
Visit the Council's Green Ports Initiative and learn more about what Philadelphia ports are doing to reduce the environmental impact of port activities on neighboring communities and habitats in the Delaware Estuary.

Mobility Alternatives Program
Visit the Council's Mobility Alternatives Program to learn how to implement transportation benefits in your place of work, such as public transportation subsidies, ridesharing, and bicycling amenities.

Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails Program
Check out the Council's Bicycle and pedestrian trail work centering now on the Cobbs Creek Connector Trail linking the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to Southwest Philadelphia.

Sustainable Transportation Program Overview

Clean Air Council's work in the area of transportation goes back almost to the Council's beginning over forty years ago. As the litigator responsible for forcing Pennsylvania to implement the automobile Inspection and Maintenance program back in the '70s, Clean Air Council established its interest in transport-related pollution issues. Today, transportation associated problems extend to concerns over not only mobile source air pollution and its health effects, but also fossil fuel consumption, greenhouse gas reduction, land use impacts and sprawl.

The Council is a leading force in addressing transportation in Pennsylvania. The Council sits on a number of advisory boards for planning and transportation authorities in the state. The Council works through:

• Government oversight to ensure that all planning and transportation decisions take into account public health and the environment.
  
  
• Public education and advocacy to promote the use of alternatives to the private motor car wherever possible.
  
  
• Empowering neighborhoods to ensure local transportation needs are addressed with a satisfactory input from community members.

Contacts

Eric Cheung, Senior Staff Attorney and Policy Analyst
215-567-4004 x.114 or echeung@cleanair.org

Kate Zaidan, Project Coordinator
Tel: 215-567-4004 ext. 108 or kzaidan@cleanair.org

Ryan Schneider, Project Coordinator
215-567-4004 x.110 or rschneider@cleanair.org

Aaron Ritz, Assistant Project Coordinator
215-567-4004 x.108 or aritz@cleanair.org