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Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership in the United States that provides regional coalitions with information and incentives from the United States Department of Energy (USDOE), a large collection of technical data and resources, and coordinated strategies and resources they can leverage to obtain maximum petroleum reduction. The Clean Cities partnership consists of 87 coalitions that work with 5,700 local stakeholder programs that have helped avoid the usage of over two billion gallons of petroleum, put more than half a million AFVs on the road, and played a role in the construction of over 3,000 alternative refueling stations since 1993.

National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey

USDOE's Acting Assistant Secretary, John Mizroch, with the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium and the Clean Cities partners from Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., launched the 2008 kickoff of the Clean Cities National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey. Also known as "Odyssey Day," the event is dedicated to promoting petroleum-free choices in transportation. The September 30 event is the first of more than 80 alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) events in over 60 locations across the nation.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

On 2009 Earth Day, Vice President Joe Biden announced the availability of $300 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for state and local governments and transit authorities to expand the nation's fleet of clean, sustainable vehicles and the fueling infrastructure necessary to support them. The Clean Cities Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles Pilot Program will support at least 30 projects involving alternative fuels or advanced vehicles. Technologies eligible to be funded include a number of different light- and heavy-duty vehicles, including hybrid, plug-in hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, electric, fuel cell, and compressed natural gas vehicles. In addition, projects can support refueling infrastructure for alternative fuels, including biofuels and natural gas. Other efforts eligible for funds include public awareness campaigns and training programs on alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and infrastructure. The program requires a 50% cost share from participants. ^[1]

Maryland

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority. Better known as simply "Metro," the authority provides transit services to the metropolitan area in and around Washington, D.C. The authority has a fleet of 1,500 buses, including 74 hybrid electric buses and Metro plans to have nearly 500 more hybrid-electric buses by 2012. Vice Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who last year committed to convert the entire Maryland Transit Administration bus fleet to hybrid-electric buses by 2014. Maryland has already accelerated its purchase of hybrid-electric buses with the help of Recovery Act funds (Clean Cities). ^[2]

Tennessee

The State of Tennessee contains 2 designated Clean Cities coalitions: the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition, and Clean Cities of Middle Tennessee. Both were designated in 2004. A third coalition--the West Tennessee Clean Cities Coalition--is forming. Many fleets in Tennessee use alternative fuels like the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Eastman Chemical Company, Cities like Memphis, Sevierville, Chattanooga and Kingport, and the Tennessee Dept. of Transportation. As of Fall 2010, Tennessee has about 35 public stations where E85 is available, and the same where B20 is available.

Criticism

While Clean Cities includes a scattering of funding for electrification and charging stations, most of it is for carbon-based liquid fuels or non-pluggable hybrids.^[3] Update to this comment -- Clean Cities federal funding in 2010-2011 was setup with a majority of the funding favoring plug-in EVs and HEVs. The funding and focus ebbs and flows between the alternative fuels over time due to advances in technology and interest in those fuels.

References

EERE

External links

[1] ttp://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12476

[2] ttp://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12476

[3] ttp://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1072.html

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	'''Clean Cities''' is a government-industry partnership in the United States that provides regional coalitions with information and incentives from the [[United States Department of Energy]] (USDOE), a large collection of technical data and resources, and coordinated strategies and resources they can leverage to obtain maximum petroleum reduction. The Clean Cities partnership consists of 87 coalitions that work with 5,700 local stakeholder programs that have helped avoid the usage of over two billion gallons of petroleum, put more than half a million AFVs on the road, and played a role in the construction of over 3,000 alternative refueling stations since 1993.		'''Clean Cities''' is a government-industry partnership in the United States that provides regional coalitions with information and incentives from the [[United States Department of Energy]] (USDOE), a large collection of technical data and resources, and coordinated strategies and resources they can leverage to obtain maximum petroleum reduction. The Clean Cities partnership consists of 87 coalitions that work with 5,700 local stakeholder programs that have helped avoid the usage of over two billion gallons of petroleum, put more than half a million AFVs on the road, and played a role in the construction of over 3,000 alternative refueling stations since 1993.