Incidents

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Air Quality

  • Automobiles are a major source of pollutants found in metropolitan areas through the U.S. Every 10,000 miles a car releases its own weight in pollutants into the air!
  • New Jersey has been designated as a nonattainment area for ground level ozone and carbon monoxide by the federal EPA. In fact, our air quality is the second worst in the nation, after Los Angeles.
  • Reducing vehicle travel is an important step in cleaning the air.
  • Air pollution has serious potential health effects. It can make cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses worse and may contribute to the development of such diseases as bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, and cancer.   Persons with heart or lung disease, the elderly, the very young, and pregnant women are more susceptible to its effects.
  • The 1990 federal Clean Air Act Amendments require that areas with high levels of air pollution take steps to improve air quality. If a region's pollution levels fail to meet federal standards within a certain time, the region could lose millions of dollars in federal funding for highway and other infrastructure improvements.
It all adds up to cleaner air
TransOptions, along with our partner companies, is dedicated to reducing traffic congestion. In addition to driving less, some of the other ways we can clean the air are:

Helpful Links

  • Community Green
    Community Green is a volunteer, non-profit organization committed to working with individuals, groups and communities on environmental projects. Their mission is to provide access to empowerment in global environmental issues by providing connections, inspirational information as well as projects and programs to call members into action.
  • Did you know
    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides fuel-economy estimates for all vehicles, available on most window stickers and on its website
  • NJ Department of Environmental Protection
    To check New Jersey's Air Quality
  • Sustainable Jersey
    SUSTAINABLE JERSEY™ is a certification program for municipalities in New Jersey that want to go green, control costs and save money, and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term.
  • The EPA now also produces a wider-ranging green-vehicle