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Summer 2006
Energy Independence Day

Join the Air Quality Partnership of the Susquehanna Valley at Energy Independence Day on August 19 from 10am - 4pm! See you at 35 Doe Run Road, Manheim, PA 17545 (near White Oak Road).

Worley & Obetz will host the event for the first year ever, and we invite you and your family to join us in learning how we all can help America become more energy independent through the use of cleaner, renewable fuels!

We'll celebrate with:

  • Lots of delicious Lancaster County food
  • Autograph session with athletes from the Lancaster Barnstormers and Cylo
  • Pitching machine and prizes from the Lancaster Barnstormers Fun Patrol
  • Live broadcast from Lancaster's WROZ The Rose
  • Children's games, inflatable jumping machines, and Obie the Clown
  • FREE information from Worley & Obetz and BioFuel Seminars
  • Trade Expo of local businesses, organizations supporting renewable fuels
  • FREE door prizes every half hour
  • Gas specials
  • Live entertainment from the Terry Mullins Band
  • Jeep Liberty Give-a-way
Air Quality Articles
Special thanks to the Central Penn Business Journal for providing these articles available for online or offline viewing!
  1. No Idle Boast: In an admirable display of unity and community awareness, 15 Cumberland County firms have signed a resolution to reduce idling time by truckers. Keen Transport Inc. is the leader of the initiative. Read More
  2. Regional trucking industry self-polices pollution. Read More
  3. Pollution-cutting device debuts at midstate travel stop. Read More
  4. Hybrid car rebates return. Read More
State of the Air Report
The 2006 report examines over 700 counties across the country where air pollution monitors are located and grades and ranks counties and metropolitan areas according to the severity of their air pollution over a three-year period. Specifically, the State of the Air: 2006 report assessed air pollution data from 2002 through 2004.
RRTA Share the Ride Campaign 2006
Red Rose Transit Authority will begin the 5th Annual Share the Ride program on Monday, May 1, 2006 to promote alternate modes of transportation as a way to help improve air quality in Lancaster County. RRTA, The Air Quality Partnership of the Susquehanna Valley and Commuter Services of South Central Pennsylvania have been encouraging employers to take the pledge and inform their employees about alternate modes of transportation on Ozone Action Days to help air quality in Lancaster County. More Info
June 2006
Join the American Public Transportation Association in celebrating National Dump the Pump Day on June 8, 2006. The day is dedicated to raising awareness that public transit is the quickest way to beat high gas prices. On June 8, transit agencies from coast to coast will join together nationwide to ask the public to park their cars and ride transit instead.

Whether you have ridden RRTA for several years or just started, RRTA wants to know the benefits you have experienced by riding public transit. Email us at rrta@redrosetransit.com - Entries will be placed in a drawing for RRTA prizes!

Click HERE for a PDF.
BICYCLING MAGAZINE
From June 2006 Issue...
 
Breathe Easier on Your Next Commute
Bike commuting helps keep the air cleaner- but it also exposes you to less pollution than driving, according to a recent study by researchers at London's Imperial College.

After measuring levels of pollution particles in locations throughout the city, researchers found that motorists were exposed to about 40,000 traffic-produced particles per cubic centimeter, while cyclists, who usually ride on the edge of the road, inhaled just 8,000. Pedestrians on the sidewalk breathed the least- contaminated air, with a particle count of 5,000.

May 2006
May is National Bike Month™
The League of American Bicyclists is promoting Bike-to-Work Week from May 15-19 and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 19. For Bike to Work Week 2006, the League is proud to partner with Shimano American Corporation and Rodale. Click HERE to visit the official site.