White Plains, NY - Westchester County was recognized this week as a Clean Air Champion by the New York State Department of Transportation in its Clean Air NY initiative, in part because of its effort to encourage the use of mass transit and shared rides.

“The county is proud to lead by example, and is therefore encouraging county employees to use mass transit where possible,” said Spano. “Employees who have no easy access to mass transit can use the ride-share services of NuRide and Easy Street for carpooling and vanpooling.”

Clean Air Champions agree to notify employees on Air Quality Action Days and take additional steps to make a greater impact in improving air quality.  People are encouraged to combine errands into one trip, utilize mass transit, bike, walk, or share a ride by carpooling to work. These conscious adjustments in everyday travel will help make New York’s air quality cleaner and healthier.

Westchester County’s SMART COMMUTE program, in collaboration with MetroPool, a local non-profit transportation management organization that offers ride-sharing and other commute options, has been helping county employees and businesses ease their commute.  In an effort to expand the program, the county recently launched the Green Commuting program to help people make small changes in commuting behavior to help improve air quality and reduce the carbon footprint.

The county’s Global Warming Action Plan available at www.westchestergov.com/globalwarming details what Westchester can do to meet the worldwide challenge of climate change.  It suggested that the county, municipalities, businesses, schools, and households become a part of this Clean Air NY initiative.

For information the county’s SMART COMMUTE program, please call (914) 813-7741 or go to www.westchestergov.com/smartcommute.  For more information on Clean Air NY champion, please call 877-456-8247 or visit CleanAirNY.org.

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