NC DOT Sustainability Exhibits
Roadside Improvement & Beautification
Don't pick the wildflowers! Visit a "live" wildflower bed and
plant exhibit and learn more about how the NCDOT's Roadside Environmental
Unit and Office of Beautification is improving and beautifying roadsides.
Pick up some information on NCDOT's anti-litter efforts and join the
Swat-a-Litterbug team!
Project Development & Environmental Analysis
Take a tour of a live "wetland"-provided by DOT's Roadside
Environmental Unit-and learn about NCDOT's Project Development &
Environmental Analysis Branch's wetland and stream restoration efforts.
View pictures from the department's historical and cultural preservation
efforts, including rail stations, bridges and other historic buildings
throughout the state.
TeleDOT….Telework….Tell a Friend!
In February 2000, Secretary David McCoy announced his goal of implementing
teleworking for 10% of NCDOT's Raleigh-based workforce-about 250
employees-by July 2000. Nearly 200 employees have qualified for entry into
TeleDOT. Meet a teleworker and help NCDOT spread the word about the
benefits of teleworking, including the reduction in traffic congestion,
decreased wear-and-tear on our highways, and improved air quality. Tell
your friends that if just 250 employees teleworked four days each week,
pollution levels would be reduced by 2.3 million pounds annually (based on
an average commute of 30 miles daily).
Resource Conservation
Visit this hands-on exhibit from NCDOT's Resource Conservation Unit to
view and touch materials made from recycled products used in highway
construction, including scrap tires and plastics. Also, learn more about
two new exciting programs- NCDOT's Partnership with Habitat for Humanity
to deconstruct selected homes located within the department's rights of
way and re-use the materials; and the Aluminum Highway Sign Reclaiming
Program (through a partnership with the Department of Corrections) which
will enable NCDOT to use aluminum highway signs over and over again.
NCSMARTLINK
Log onto NCSMARTLINK and view live pictures from traffic cameras from the
Triangle Transportation Management Center in Raleigh. NCSMARTLINK,
www.ncsmartlink.org, is NCDOT's headquarters for its Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)-the application of computer technology to
transportation. ITS is an environmentally-friendly alternative to highway
construction and reduces traffic congestion by improving mobility and
safety for motorists.
Create the Future
In 1999 NCDOT, in partnership with regional transportation agencies, took
steps to improve congestion for the region by initiating a congestion
management study for one of the area's most important transportation
arteries-Interstate 40. Visit this exhibit to learn more about the
strategies recommended for additional examination in the first part of
this study, which include managed lanes, ride sharing and transit
improvements. See how you can help "create the future" by
reducing transportation demand.
Take the Train!
Climb aboard the train to visit family or friends, see museums, attend
sporting events, go shopping or visit the State Fair. Visit NCDOT's Rail
Division's exhibit to pick up schedules and information on North
Carolina's state-owned Piedmont-which provides daily-round trip service
from Raleigh to Charlotte-and the Carolinian-which provides daily
round-trip service from Charlotte to Raleigh with continuing service to
Washington, D.C. and New York City. Learn why travel by train is a viable
and fun alternative to driving!
Alternative Fuel Vehicles (Located along Jones Street)
NCDOT is committed to improving air quality by reducing dependence on
fossil fuels through the use of vehicles powered by alternatives to
gasoline. NCDOT currently has 59 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in
operation throughout the state and plans to acquire 40 additional AFVs in
2000. There will be five trucks on display, powered by electricity,
biodiesel fuel, compressed natural gas (CNG), propane (LPG), and ethanol.
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