GAS PRICE RESOURCES

As the focus on gas prices continues to be top of mind across the country, demand management strategies are playing a key role in providing relief to consumers.

ACT’s Key Messages:

• Mobility options can provide drivers with alternatives. By choosing carpooling, vanpooling, public transportation, telework, bicycling or walking, consumers can cut their fuel usage...and thus reduce their expenses.

• Employers play an important role in educating employees about commute choices...and in persuading them to modify their travel behavior.

• Transportation demand management is a viable policy tool for addressing our energy and transportation challenges. ACT's policy paper recommending needed steps at the federal level to incorporate demand management strategies as one component in addressing our energy challenges is outlined below.

Background sheets and information pieces are key to providing the context for travel and commute behavior, from time spent in vehicles, to the cost of commutes and energy impacts. Two background papers with statistics and helpful hints are:

• Commute Facts and Figures may be downloaded here...

• Tips to Combat Gas Prices may be downloaded here...
  

Media Relations & Outreach

• This tip sheet is available to assist members in organizing their media message.

• This draft generic press release can be downloaded and customized by ACT members for use in their local media market.

• This sample proclamation can compliment members' outreach activities.

Public Policy

With fuel costs rising, the Association for Commuter Transportation calls upon the Administration and Congress to enact policies that will provide Americans with fuel-saving commuting options. ACT promotes public policy initiatives that will provide commuters with options and help promote energy efficiency by reducing traffic congestion. ACT implores Congress to consider the role traffic congestion plays in rising energy costs…as well as in air quality and global warming…and urges Congress to provide comprehensive legislative solutions.

By enacting these provisions, Congress, the Administration and local governments can provide commuters with real alternatives from the pain at the pump. Furthermore, these provisions will help conserve fuel each year and be one step in our efforts to reduce energy dependence. These demand-side strategies and policies are one set of cost effective tools that provide needed short- and long-term relief and have minor financial impacts relative to other capacity or technology efforts.

Download ACT's complete "Legislative Priorities for the 110th Congress" by clicking here. (PDF)

The Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) is a 25-year-old organization representing regional agencies, nonprofit organizations and private employers who share a commitment to developing balanced, effective transportation systems around the country and providing travel choices for all Americans. ACT’s primary mission is to increase the use of mobility options that result in energy savings, decreased traffic congestion, enhanced mobility, and improved air quality.