The University of Illinois was the first academic institution that joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport Partnership.  "As the first-ever academic institution to register in SmartWay, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign leads the way for universities and other institutions to work as shippers in SmartWay and engage with their carriers and suppliers to improve freight efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions from goods movement while also helping enhance our nation's energy security,” said Christopher Grundler, director of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality.

• Article in the Pontiac Daily Leader.
• NRES press release on Illinois's path-breaking registration in the EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership 
• Illinois legislation on Sustainable Procurements of Freight, Package Delivery and other Transportation Services