“This allows the City to purchase more CNG vehicles, which increases our efficiency by reducing our fuel costs,” said Jennifer Gooden, Sustainability Director of Oklahoma City, regarding the possibility to acquire heavy equipment such as garbage trucks and METRO Transit buses that run on natural gas.
Ogden’s fast-fill compressor, partially funded by Utah Clean Cities Coalition, will be used to serve the city’s natural gas fleet that includes 10 refuse trucks, two trolleys and one patrol car, and will augment the city’s current slow-fill compressor that can fuel 14 vehicles simultaneously, according to Richard Brookins, Ogden’s fleet and facilities manager. It is expected to be operational in February 2012, reported Standard-Examiner.
Finally, Aliso Viejo City Council gave the go ahead to the Capistrano Unified School District’s plan to establish a natural gas facility in the city that will exclusively power 20 buses overnight. It will be located at the southeastern portion of the district’s transportation center.
