Transportation and the Environment

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Length: 27 minutes

This episode of the award-winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV show takes a look people who get around in ways that minimize their impact on the environment.

In this episode you will meet:

• A commuter in Pittsburgh who rides the rails to work, sailing past miles of traffic.

• A resident of Happy Valley, who breathes easier because the Centre Area Transit Authority uses alternative fuel. Authorities on the CATA system talk about why they switched from diesel to compressed natural gas, and how easy and successful the transition has been;

• Herb Wiley, owner of Wiley's Auto Body shop in Chester County, which initiated the Automotive Society of America's Green Star Shop Program. The Program teaches automotive shops to operate with less waste and pollution. Wiley's is also the site for a visit by the Mobile Outreach for Pollution Prevention (M.O.P.P.). This project, sponsored in part by the PA DEP, travels the country educating automotive professionals about ways to minimize their effect on the environment.

• Residents of Philadelphia who commute and exercise by using bike lanes installed by the City of Philadelphia and the Bicycle Coalition of the Delaware Valley.

GreenWorks TV hosts Tom Sexton and Jaime Smith guide you through this episode as they roller blade, bike and stroll along rail-trails around Harrisburg.

Produced (1998) by the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania for the GreenWorks for Pennsylvania Television Program.

Learn More:

Clean Air Council

Rails to Trails Conservancy

United States Local and State Transportation Web Sites

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Your Car and Clean Air

Ozone Action Days

Port Authority of Allegheny County

Penn State University
PA Transportation Institute

Centre Area Transit Authority