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Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Vehicle Technologies Program. With almost 90 local coalitions and more than 5,700 stakeholders, Clean Cities’ mission is to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. We’ve written about Clean Cities a few times in the past.

They have a new section of videos showcasing alternative fuels (think compressed natural gas) and advanced vehicles. They’ve had great segments on Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the city of Kansas City already. Here’s another good one on the New York City department of sanitation.

The New York City Department of Sanitation has the nation’s largest municipal refuse fleet. That fleet includes a ton of vehicles using alternative fuels including hybrid electric and natural gas powered refuse trucks. They don’t stop there though.

NYC’s 2,000 other diesel refuse trucks run on renewable B5 biodiesel as do 450 of their street sweepers. Compressed natural gas fuels another 25 and the alt-fuel list also includes hundreds of light duty gasoline-electric hybrids used by field supervisors along with 6 all-electric GEMs that move around the repair shop.

The fleet has a big job in collecting 22 million pounds of garbage daily, so it’s nice to see them keeping it “clean and green.”

You can view the video above or hop on over to the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center Web site for more. Be sure to visit the AGA YouTube channel if you’re looking for more great natural gas videos.

Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Vehicle Technologies Program. With almost 90 local coalitions and more than 5,700 stakeholders, Clean Cities’ mission is to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. We’ve written about Clean Cities a few times in the past.

They have a new section of videos showcasing alternative fuels (think compressed natural gas) and advanced vehicles that we showcased a few weeks ago. Here’s another one that focuses on the city of Kansas City.

In 1996, Kansas City instituted a fleet-wide alternative fuel program. Today that program has grown to include more than 200 compressed natural gas cars, trucks, and vans fueling up at the city’s central CNG station. Their 1,100 diesels run primarily on B20 and B50 biodiesel. Last June, Kansas City received the first 4 of 19 Diamond International trucks upfitted for CNG. Used to repair water main breaks, they are some of the largest rigs to run on CNG.

Sam Swearngin, Fleet Superintendent at City of Kansas City, said, “We’re kind of proud of the fact that these trucks are the cleanest trucks you can buy on the planet that do what they do and operate right here in our neighborhood.”

The program doesn’t stop there. Kansas City International Airport runs 35 shuttle buses run on CNG, making Kansas City cleaner and less dependent on oil.

You can view the video above or hop on over to the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center Web site for more.