Ozone Nonattainment Areas Houston/Galveston Dallas/Fort Worth Beaumont/Port Arthur

Ozone Early Action Compact Areas

Austin San Antonio Tyler/Longview

Ozone Near Nonattainment Areas

Corpus Christi Victoria

PM Nonattainment Areas El Paso

State of Texas Air:Ozone and Particulate Matter (PM)

What is air pollution?

“Smog”

Exhaust +

=

What is air pollution?

“Smog”

Exhaust

+ Heat and sunlight

=

What is air pollution?

Ozone Good & Bad?

Elevated ozone levels can aggravate asthma.

GoodAtmospheric ozone

BadGround-level ozone

Why is there a problem?

Why is there a problem?

Vehicles

more than 19 million registered as of 2006

Why is there a problem?

Vehicles

more than 19 million registered as of 2006

Miles and Miles of Texas

79,645 miles of state roads

Why is there a problem?

626 million vehicle-miles of travel each day

Economic Impacts of

Air Pollution

Economic Impacts of Air Pollution

Environmental Protection Agency Standards

Failing to meet clean air standards may impact highway funding

Economic Impacts of Air Pollution

Environmental Protection Agency Standards

Failing to meet clean air standards may impact highway funding

Disruptions in funding affect congestion and mobility

What are some solutions?

What are some solutions?

Innovative technology

Hybrids

Alternative fuel vehicles

What are some other solutions?

Maintain vehicles

Drive less

Drive the speed limit

Reduce vehicle idling time

Besides buying cleaner vehicles, drivers can:

So, what’s Drive Clean Across

Texas?

So, what’s Drive Clean Across Texas?

It’s about…

Taking ownership of our air statewide

Showing pride in our trademark blue skies

So, what’s Drive Clean Across Texas?

And…

Offering solutions to a challenge the size of Texas

Each step, a step forward

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Keep your car engine well maintained

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Keep your car engine well maintained

Keep tires properly inflated

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Keep your car engine well maintained

Keep tires properly inflated

Refuel late in the day

Don’t top off the tank

Seal the gas cap tightly

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Keep your car engine well maintained

Keep tires properly inflated

Refuel late in the day

Don’t top off the tank

Seal the gas cap tightly

Have your car and emissions inspected

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Combine errands

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Combine errands

Carpool, vanpool or use park-and-ride

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Combine errands

Carpool, vanpool or use park-and-ride

Ride public transit

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Combine errands

Carpool, vanpool or use park-and-ride

Ride public transit

Become a telecommuter

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Combine errands

Carpool, vanpool or use park-and-ride

Ride public transit

Become a telecommuter

Take a bicycle or walk

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Each step, a step forwardMaintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Hybrids

Take advantage of federal tax incentives for hybrid vehicles; for details visit:www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=157557,00.html

TxDOT Prius

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicleHybrids

Alternative fuel vehicles

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicleHybrids

Alternative fuel vehicles

Lower emitting vehicle

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicleHybrids

Alternative fuel vehicles

Lower emitting vehicle

Check out the Federal “Green Vehicle Guide” at: http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Drive the posted limit or slightly less (if you can stand it)

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Reduce the time your vehicle idles

Avoid drive thrus

Shut off your engine

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Reduce the time your vehicle idles

Anticipate delays and take alternate routes

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Reduce the time your vehicle idles

Leave earlier or later to avoid traffic

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Reduce the time your vehicle idles

Don’t warm up your engine

Each step, a step forward

Maintain your vehicle

Drive less

Buy a “cleaner” vehicle

Drive the speed limit

Reduce the time your vehicle idles

“No Idle” zones

Drive Clean Across Texas…

Reaching out to Texans where they are:

Television

• “Creatures” PSA

Drive Clean Across Texas…

Reaching out to Texans where they are:

Television

Radio

“Frog”

“Click and Clack”

Drive Clean Across Texas…

Reaching out to Texans where they are:

Television

Radio

Billboards

Drive Clean Across Texas…

Reaching out to Texans where they are:

Television

Radio

Billboards

Print

Drive Clean Across Texas…

Reaching out to Texans where they are:

Television

Radio

Billboards

Print

Videos

Drive Clean Across Texas…

K-12 complete curricula

www.drivecleanacrosstexas.org

A clearinghouse for clean air

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Supporting Agencies —Texas Department of Public SafetyTexas Department of State Health ServicesU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAir Quality Programs around Texas

Texas Department of Transportation

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

U.S. Department of Transportation-Federal Highway Administration