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Partner to the SmartWay Partnership
By Tom Gelinas
August 16, 2010
EPA’s SmartWay Partnership continues to grow rapidly because of the financial advantages offered to both participating fleets and shippers. The...
New options, new policy
By Tom Gelinas
July 15, 2010
As a former radio news commentator used to say, “Ladies and gentlemen, there’s new tonight”—a new policy statement from Wash...
Schneider National: A SmartWay leader
By Tom Gelinas
June 16, 2010
A couple of months ago, the United States, as well as hundreds of other countries, celebrated Earth Day. In fact, it was the 40th annual Earth Day.
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Fuel saving trailers
By Tom Gelinas
May 7, 2010
When a fleet joins the SmartWay Transport Partnership, it makes a commitment to work toward improved environmental and fuel efficient operations. The ...
Medium-duty vehicle fuel savings
By Tom Gelinas
April 19, 2010
While SmartWay engineers move toward expanding the program’s certified truck models beyond long-haul designs, component suppliers continue to d...
New fuel economy tests coming
By Tom Gelinas
March 2, 2010
When fleets join EPA’s SmartWay Partnership, they voice their intention to limit exhaust emissions and report regularly on their activities in ...
Help from a nonprofit
By Tom Gelinas
February 16, 2010
Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS) is a non-profit organization that works with both public and private partners. It is also a three-year Affiliate Member...
A significant shipper
By Tom Gelinas
January 21, 2010
It’s easy to see how SmartWay participation can directly affect a fleet’s bottom line and, therefore, attract the interest of top manage...
SmartWay 2.0
By Tom Gelinas
January 4, 2010
Last month in this column I described the current SmartWay scoring system and indicated that it is being replaced by one based on fleet performance ...
Keeping score
By Tom Gelinas
November 18, 2009
Since the program was launched in 2004, a fleet joining the SmartWay Partnership has agreed to several things. Among these have been to regularly re...
Partners urge participation
By Tom Gelinas
October 20, 2009
As a young man, Royal Jones drove a lot—specifically race cars and heavy trucks. He learned early on that moving vehicle needs to overcome thre...
Going through the hoops
By Tom Gelinas
September 22, 2009
Wabash National has announced that its DuraPlate Products Group’s newly launched AeroSkirt was approved by SmartWay
Save time and fuel with PrePass
By Tom Gelinas
August 13, 2009
If asked what ABF Freight Systems, Estes Express and Werner Enterprises have in common
Spreading success
By Tom Gelinas
July 17, 2009
Penske Logistics is one SmartWay Partner that definitely is fulfilling one of its commitments as a program member
Celadon goes green, reaps green
By Tom Gelinas
June 16, 2009
The roster of Truck Carrier Partners as published by EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership has become a listing of the industry’s “...
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