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Learn how <a href="/node/626346">Clean Cities coalitions</a> all across the country are helping their communities get ready for plug-in electric vehicles.

Learn how Clean Cities coalitions all across the country are helping their communities get ready for plug-in electric vehicles.

Boise Buses Running Strong with Clean Cities
Working with Republic Services, the city of Boise and Valley Regional Transit, Treasure Valley Clean Cities built four compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations that allowed all three organizations to transition to CNG vehicles. | Photo courtesy of Valley Regional Transit.

A local Clean Cities coalition helped Idaho's Valley Regional Transit switch to compressed natural gas buses, allowing the transit authority to maintain its service while reducing harmful emissions.

Clean Cities Moving Fleets Forward with Liquefied Natural Gas
Waste hauler Enviro Express converted its fleet of heavy-duty trucks to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and built the first LNG station east of the Mississippi River with help from the Energy Department's Clean Cities initiative. | Photo courtesy of New Haven Clean Cities Coalition.

Learn how local Clean Cities coalitions are helping companies save money on fuel costs and reduce their emissions by switching their fleets to run on liquefied natural gas.

Clean Cities Helps Nonprofit Cut Fuel Costs with Propane
Mississippi's Community Counseling Services converted 29 vans to run on propane, saving more than $1.50 per gallon on fuel or more than $60,000 a year. | Photo courtesy of Community Counseling Services.

Switching to propane vehicles is helping a Mississippi nonprofit save money and maintain key services.

National Parks Move Transportation Forward in America’s Great Outdoors
Together, the five newest National Parks Initiative projects will save the equivalent of nearly 10,000 gallons of gasoline and 71 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. | Infographic by Sarah Gerrity, Energy Department.

Learn how the Energy Department's Clean Cities is helping National Parks across the country reduce air pollution and lower fuel costs.

What’s Your PEV Readiness Score?
PEV readiness is a community-wide effort that requires charging infrastructure, planning, regulations and support services. The new PEV Scorecard helps communities determine their PEV friendliness. | Photo courtesy of IKEA Orlando.

The new Plug-in Electric Vehicle Readiness Scorecard helps communities measure their PEV friendliness.