1. Shared Travel

3. 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.

4. Topics, Benefits Case Studies & Needs

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.”

8. Case Studies: GMIC What fuel & resources did you use to get here? What could we do differently?

9. Future Resources Needed What is needed by the event planning community to make greener ground transportation possible? # Communicate & collaborate with hotels, event centers, transportation Companies and clients for behavior change # How to find & rate green taxi & transportation companies. Is There a central location on the web? (The tech to build something Like this would be easy if the green community was ready to use it.) # APEX Standards Improvemts: * requests talking to shuttle drivers but not attendees.