Ann Arbor’s fuel-efficient vehicle fleet wins Clean Cities award
Ann Arbor is not only saving money on gas but winning awards for it, too.The city tied for first for a Clean Cities Coalition award as the 2008 Michigan Clean City of the Year. What made A2 stand out this year is its Green Fleets Program, which found ways to make the city’s vehicles an average of 15 per cent more fuel efficient. The program lead to the purchasing of vehicles with better mileage, switching to bio-fuels, intergrating more hybrid cars and busses into the fleet and even experimenting with natural gas and hydrogen vehicles.It tied with the city of Taylor for the award.Source: Andrew Brix, spokesman for the energy office for the city of Ann ArborWriter: Jon Zemke
Ann Arbor is not only saving money on gas but winning awards for it, too.
The city tied for first for a Clean Cities Coalition award as the 2008 Michigan Clean City of the Year.
What made A2 stand out this year is its Green Fleets Program, which found ways to make the city’s vehicles an average of 15 per cent more fuel efficient. The program lead to the purchasing of vehicles with better mileage, switching to bio-fuels, intergrating more hybrid cars and busses into the fleet and even experimenting with natural gas and hydrogen vehicles.
It tied with the city of Taylor for the award.
Source: Andrew Brix, spokesman for the energy office for the city of Ann Arbor
Writer: Jon Zemke
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