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Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities
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Contact: Richard Price
Coalition Coordinator
412-735-4114
coordinator@pgh-cleancities.org
ODYSSEY DAY OVERVIEW
Odyssey Day is an outreach and education event dedicated to promoting the use of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. It is coordinated by the National
Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) headquartered at West Virginia
University in Morgantown, West Virginia, in partnership with the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE). The first event was held in 2002.
The Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities holds this event each year in October at the Community College of Allegheny County West Hills Center in Oakdale, PA
Event Date: October 14, 2016
Time: 9:00am to 2:30pm
This years’ event will feature alternative fueled vehicles including a CNG and Propane School buses, an all electric Tesla and CNG dedicated and Dual Fuel Class 8 Tractors. Guest Speakers include Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and
Roger Cohen, PA Department of Transportation Director of Policy
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PURPOSE
Odyssey Day offers unique activities designed to educate the public about cleaner
transportation technologies and is customized to the wants and needs of the local
host.
Examples of such activities include:
• Ride-n-Drives
• Vehicle Displays
• Workshops
• Demonstrations(Vehicle Charging and CNG Refueling, Hybrid Lift, and Autonomous Tesla Demo)
• Panel Discussions
• And more
This features alternative fueled vehicles, Ride-n-Drives and breakout sessions on:
Grants and Funding, VW Settlement, Smart Mobility and Autonomous Vehicles, Alternative Fuels and Vehicles, Benefits from Natural Gas Derivitives, Electric Vehicle, Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Hybrids, Use of Alternative Fuels on Buses and Large Engines.
Driving directions to: CCAC West Hills Center 1000 McKee Road Oakdale, PA 15071
From Pittsburgh
Take the Parkway West toward the Pittsburgh International Airport to the US 22/30 West (Weirton) exit.
Take the exit onto Route 22/30 West and travel for approximately 1.5 miles.
Take the Oakdale exit. At the exit stoplight (McKee Road), turn left.
The West Hills Center is approximately 500 yards on the right.
From the North
Take Interstate Route 79 South to exit 60B Airport
Follow the exit ramp to Route 60/Steubenville Pike.
Continue on Steubenville Pike (approximately 5 miles) until it joins with US Route 22/30 West (Weirton).
Follow Route 22/30 West for approximately 1.5 miles.
Take the Oakdale exit.
At the exit stoplight (McKee Road) turn left.
The West Hills Center is approximately 500 yards on the right.
From Beaver County/Pittsburgh International Airport
Take Route 60 South toward Pittsburgh to the US Route 22/30 West (Weirton) exit.
Follow Route 22/30 West for approximately 1.5 miles.
Take the Oakdale exit. At the exit stoplight (McKee Road) turn left.
The West Hills Center is approximately 500 yards
GUEST SPEAKERS
Morning – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is currently serving his second term. As Executive, he is focused on building upon our county’s strong economy through the creation of jobs and workforce development, making investments in our transportation and infrastructure systems and making county government more diverse, effective and efficient. He is a lifelong resident of the City of Pittsburgh and lives with his wife and family in Squirrel Hill.
Lunch – PennDOT Policy Director – Roger Cohen – Roger Cohen is PennDOT Policy Director, responsible for counseling Transportation Secretary Leslie Richards on all matters affecting transportation policy within the Department and the Commonwealth. His responsibilities include serving as the Department’s liaison with the Governor’s Office and other Commonwealth agencies on policy and regulatory matters. Since joining PennDOT in 2015, his principal areas of policy focus have been reducing the climate impacts of the transportation system, improving pedestrian safety, and, as Co-Chair of PennDOT’s Autonomous Vehicle Policy Taskforce, leading the development of policies to enable the safe on-road testing of autonomous vehicle technology. Before joining PennDOT, Roger enjoyed a diverse career in public service, law, politics, consulting and journalism. For eight years, He was with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as a policy adviser to the agency’s Executive Director and Board Chairman, manager of the agency-wide business planning process, and deputy director of the Port Authority’s office of policy analysis and planning. He was a public affairs and issue management consultant for nine years as well as head of communications and media relations at White & Case, LLP, a leading global law firm. Previously he served as the state and district director for a member of the US House of Representatives, and before that was an award winning reporter at the Bergen Record newspaper in New Jersey. A graduate of Columbia University, Roger lives in Lancaster with his wife, Patricia O’Hara, a professor of English literature at Franklin & Marshall College.
