How can SmartWay projects help in air-quality planning?
Because SmartWay aerodynamic kits and low-rolling resistance tires reduce air pollution from trucks, these reductions can be quantified and used to help demonstrate achievement of air-quality goals in a SIP or in a transportation conformity determination. Therefore, this guidance is of interest primarily to ozone and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) nonattainment and maintenance areas who are considering additional ways to reduce NOx for reasonable further progress SIPs, attainment demonstrations, maintenance plans, or in transportation conformity determinations. A SmartWay project under this guidance may be part of a larger effort to provide incentives for private and public agencies or truck owners to apply “SmartWay Upgrade Kits” to a truck or fleet of trucks. The document released today provides the remaining guidance needed for agencies to quantify and use the NOx reductions from SmartWay Upgrade Kits in SIPs and conformity. Additional general information about the SmartWay Tra
