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SmartWay and Small Business
 

As a small motor carrier 

business owner, I know first 

hand how fuel costs affect my 

bottom line. So I look for what 

works for me. That’s why I am 

a SmartWay partner, and a 

member of NASTC and OOIDA. 

SmartWay & these associations 

help small trucking companies 

like me save fuel and money. 

It also helps me -- a guy with 

3 trucks -- market myself to 

customers looking for greener 

trucking companies. Like any 

small business owner, I have 

to wear a lot of different hats 

-- from sales to operations to 

finance. So I appreciate how 

SmartWay saves me time and 

money with free business help 

including online calculators, 

performance tracking tools, 

and technical and financial 

assistance. With the price of 

diesel going up, up, up, the only 

way I can raise salaries is to 

use less fuel, and attract more 

business. SmartWay helps me 

do just that. Thanks, SmartWay!” 

Daniel Marshall, Owner 

D&J ‘XPress LLC, MC 709935 

SmartWay Transport Partnership is a strong government/industry 

collaboration between freight shippers, carriers, and logistics companies 

to voluntarily achieve improved fuel efficiency and reduce environmental 

impacts from freight transport. Participating companies benchmark their 

current freight operations, identify technologies and strategies to reduce 

their carbon emissions, track emissions reductions and project future 

improvement. 

SmartWay Small Business Partners. The SmartWay Transport 

Partnership includes hundreds of companies and associations committed to 

improving fuel efficiency. SmartWay welcomes trucking fleets of all sizes as 

partners. 

• 	 60% of SmartWay’s carrier partners are medium and small sized fleets 

with 100 or fewer trucks. 

• 	 25% of SmartWay carrier partners are owner-operators, or fleets that 

operate 20 or fewer trucks. 

Beneficial to Small Businesses. SmartWay is especially helpful to small 

and medium sized trucking companies and owner-operators. EPA staff offer 

technical assistance and information, that might otherwise be inaccessible, to 

all inquirers via email, the SmartWay website, and the SmartWay call center. 

Visibility. EPA identifies every SmartWay partner on its website and 

recognizes partners that are eligible and licensed to use the SmartWay 

partner logo. Visibility is equally provided to SmartWay fleet carriers, 

regardless of size, giving carriers a significant marketing advantage. 

Low-cost/ No-cost Fuel Saving Solutions. SmartWay promotes 

operational practices, such as logistics optimization and reduced idling, 

that any fleet can use. These low-cost and no-cost strategies are especially 

beneficial to smaller trucking fleets and are included in SmartWay’s 

assessment of fleet performance. 

SmartWay Offers On-line Driver Training. Driver training programs 

can help trucking companies, regardless of fleet size, save fuel and reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions by increasing driver skills, knowledge, and 

performance. A driver training program that improves fuel economy by 

five percent could save over $3,000 in fuel costs and eliminate eight metric 

tons of greenhouse gas emissions per truck each year. EPA SmartWay, in 

conjunction with Natural Resources Canada’s FleetSmart program, have 

produced an on-line driver training fuel economy course that will be available 

free of charge to partners in both programs. The course is expected to launch 

later this year. 

SmartWay Innovative Financing Assists Small Businesses. Several 

SmartWay verified technologies not only reduce emissions, but save 

fuel and money. These technologies can reduce operating costs for both 

owner-operators and small fleets, resulting in shorter pay back periods for 

investments in verified technologies. However, it can be challenging for many 

small businesses to secure capital needed for technology retrofits and truck 

replacements. 

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The SmartWay Finance Program, through its grant recipients, assists small trucking businesses by providing access low-cost 

financing for SmartWay verified technologies and clean trucks. 

Technology Retrofits. The following grantees offer financing for SmartWay Verified Technologies: 

Cascade Sierra Solutions Community Development Transportation Lending Services 

Technologies Financed: Idle Reduction, Aerodynamics, Low-Rolling Technologies Financed: Idle Reduction 

Resistance Tires Program Type: Low-Cost Loans 

Program Type: Low-Cost Loans, Rebates (APUs & Aerodynamics) Contact information: 

Contact Information: Phone: 202-415-9682 

Phone: 866-345-3390 Website: http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/ 

Website: www.cascadesierrasolutions.org anmviewer.asp?a=53&z=36 

Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association Foundation 

Technologies Financed: Auxiliary Power Units 

Program Type: Rebates 

Contact information: 

Phone: 816-229-5791 

Website: www.ooida.com/OOIDA%20Foundation/index.html 

Truck Replacement Programs. The following organizations offer financing for eligible truck replacements. 

Cascade Sierra Solutions 

Program Type: Low-Cost Loans 

Geographic Area: Nationwide 

Contact information: 

Phone: 866-345-3390 

Website: www.cascadesierrasolutions.org 

Community Development Transportation Lending Services 

Program Type: Low-Cost Loans 

Geographic Area: Nationwide 

Contact Information: 

Phone: 202-415-9682 

Website: http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/ 

anmviewer.asp?a=53&z=36 

Houston-Galveston Area Council 

Program Type: Low-Cost Loans 

Geographic Area: Drayage trucks operating in the HoustonGalveston, Texas area 

Contact Information: 

Phone: 832-681-2588 

Website: www.h-gac.com/taq/airquality/drayageloans/default.aspx 

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy 

Program Type: Low-Cost Loans (Loan Guarantees)
 

Geographic Area: Southeastern U.S.
 

Contact Information:
 

Phone: Anne Blair, Clean Diesel Program Manager - 404-373-5832 

Website: www.rushgogreen.com/CtrlViewer.aspx?uri=home.promo2.pdf 

Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association 

Program Type: Rebates
 

Geographic Area: Drayage trucks operating at Mid-Atlantic ports
 

(VA, MD, PA, and DE)
 

Contact Information:


 Phone: 443-901-1882


 Website: www.efc.umd.edu/cleandiesel.html
 

For more information http://www.epa.gov/smartway/ or call 734-214-4767. 

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