Clean cities: City of Fort Collins

Colorado and National Programs

Clean Cities is a locally based government and industry partnership coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) to expand the use of alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuels.

The Clean Cities program promotes the use of alternative fuels by fleets in order to:

Reduce U.S. dependence upon foreign transportation fuels. The U.S. imports four million barrels of oil a day.
Reduce air pollution and improve public health. Alterative fuels have the potential to significantly reduce motor vehicle emissions.
Educate the public on the benefits of alternative fuels and alterative fuel vehicles (AFV).
Encourage the development of an AFV infrastructure.

Alterative fuels include propane, compressed natural gas, ethanol, methanol, liquid natural gas, electricity, and biodiesel.

The Clean Cities program began in 1994 and Philadelphia received the first Clean Cities designation.

Cities become designated by:

appointing a coordinator,
holding stakeholder meetings,
developing a program plan, and
writing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that guides subsequent work. The MOU is a non-binding agreement with US DOE to advance the use of AFVs among fleets.

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Weld/Larimer/Rocky Mountain National Park Program

In May 1996 Weld and Larimer counties and Rocky Mountain National Park (W/L/RMNP) received the nation's 47th Clean Cities designation. Rocky Mountain National Park is the first designated national park.

W/L/RMNP is part of one of the nations longest clean-fuels corridors and extends from Colorado Springs to the Wyoming border. Colorado Springs and Denver/Boulder are also Clean Cities.

The W/L/RMNP Clean Cities coalition has 33 members, or "stakeholders" who represent a variety of interests that include national and local companies, government, and community groups.

Each stakeholder is asked to contribute up to a maximum of $250 annually and stakeholders are billed for expenses only as they occur. Costs are shared evenly by all members. Annual costs may be less than $250. The membership fee can be paid in actual dollars or with in-kind contributions of staff hours, supplies, postage, printing, etc. The money is used to support the efforts of the region and the corridor. Funds are used for fleet manager, stakeholder and legislative workshops, postage, printing, temporary staff, surveys, office supplies and similar expenses. Stakeholders are advised of upcoming events in advance and invoices show actual items and/or services being invoiced.

In the past year and a half, we held two fleet manager breakfasts and one corridor workshop with a total attendance of 110 people. We were also successful in getting a grant from US DOE for $50,000. The money will be shared by the corridor to do six projects: a corridor newsletter, a fleet manager survey, AFV signage on I-25 and I-70, a map of AFV fueling stations in Colorado, a recruitment package, and several fleet manager breakfasts. We have also worked with the corridor to promote two pieces of AFV legislation: (1) an AFV incentives bill, and (2) an AFV tracking bill to track numbers of AFVs in Colorado.

Other tangible benefits include expansion of AFVs and the AFV fueling infrastructure to support them, reduced dependence on foreign petroleum products, improved air quality, information on the newest in AFV technology and incentives, and access to others in Colorado and the nation who are working on similar goals.

Intangible benefits are those personal goals that bring people together wherever such challenging ventures exist. Clean Cities is a new frontier and we are the pioneers. In a world where few unexplored places remain, the new frontier may well be the recapture and preservation of the old frontier.