Description: Clean Cities is a network of more than 80 volunteer, community-based coalitions, which develop public/private partnerships to work together as a coalition to promote the use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), expand the use of fuel blends, encourage the use of fuel economy practices, increase the acquisition of hybrid vehicles by fleets and consumers, and advance the use of idle reduction technologies in heavy-duty vehicles.
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About Clean Cities Clean Cities is a network of more than 80 volunteer, community-based coalitions, which develop public/private partnerships to work together as a coalition to • Increase the use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) • Expand the use of fuel blends (diesel/biodiesel, ethanol/gasoline, and compressed natural gas (CNG)/hydrogen) • Promote informed consumer choice on fuel economy • Increase the acquisition of hybrid vehicles by fleets and consumers • Help to facilitate the
Through these efforts the Clean Cities hopes to meet the program's goal of displacing 8 billion gallons of petroleum in the transportation sector by 2020. As of April 2005, nationally Clean Cities’ 4,800 stakeholders operate thousands of AFVs that collectively displace approximately 180 million gallons of petroleum and lower emissions by 31,800 metric tons each year from the use alternative fuel vehicles.
Clean Cities is part of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program .