SharedTravel

What can Event Planners do?

1. Carpool Coordination for regional travelers.2. Taxi sharing or full shuttles. Online tools; meeting place or bulletin boards.3. Replace flights with train or carpool, taxis with Public transit, by making it a social opportunity. Regional meetings on trains?4. Incentives: Mostly about Repetition & Enthusiasm. “Everyone is doing it” and making it normal. Examples of networking success stories. Everyone knows it's green: focus on networking. Parking discounts work for festivals – green awards with professional recognition? Repetition & Enthusiasm.

Topics, Benefits Case Studies& Needs

Topics

# idling# carpooling# taxi sharing# load-in/load-out# attendee transportation not their own vehicle# alt-fuel biodiesel bus 300 miles away or local & petro ?)# Apex-standards# train or carpool instead of flight

Benefits

What are benefits beyond the gas/CO2/pollution reductions:# more social/networking# attendees feeling more connected to events that combine donations to nonprofits (eg. Lung Assoc) with anti-idling requests.

Case Studies during session

# National Products Expo: * $20 vouchers for taking the train * Sponsorship opportunity# Railpass for everyone in company, daily shuttle. * Used by many employees * Internal database of locations & dining locations, with Mass transit options. # 25% of people in the room use shuttles for their shows,75% don't. # Discouraging short taxi rides for those who can walk# Directions from the airport. Bus/shuttle (list first, not as “alternative.”

Case Studies: GMIC

What fuel & resources did you use to get here?What could we do differently?

Future Resources Needed

What is needed by the event planning community to make greener ground transportation possible?

# Communicate & collaborate with hotels, event centers, transportationCompanies and clients for behavior change# How to find & rate green taxi & transportation companies. IsThere a central location on the web? (The tech to build somethingLike this would be easy if the green community was ready to use it.)# APEX Standards Improvemts: * requests talking to shuttle drivers but not attendees.