director and co-coordinator for the Utah Clean Cities. Bay Clean Cities Coalition Coordinator Richard


Battersby furthered this point out, asserting that “Clean Cities supports all non-petroleum fuel options and specializes in helping fleets identify which fuels and/or technologies will work best for their particular applica- tion.” Utah, as Erickson pointed out, utilizes CNG and


propane. Overall, though, “options are easily achieved provided the school districts have the funds for new buses and want to save money,” she said. Battersby, a fleet manager for Oakland, California, said he understands that that there is no “one-size-fits-all alternative fuel.” Some options are easier to deploy than others, just as some technologies cost more than others. “It really depends on the situation, support, funding


availability and desire,” he said. Barry Carr, coordinator for Clean Communities of Central New York, knows that nothing is ever easy, especially when wading through the murky waters of alternative fuels and funding options, but Clean Cities tries to offer some navigation. “We promote the following fuels to displace pe-


troleum: electricity, methanol, ethanol, natural gas, propane, biodiesel and hydrogen,” he said. “Clean Cities also provides information on anti-idling and other emis- sion reduction technologies.” However, Erickson said she has noticed that some of the fleet managers she interacts with are opposed to changing from diesel. Tis reluctance, of course, comes down to funding. “Sometimes incentive funding is enough to make a


project cost effective or the catalyst that makes a project attractive enough to pursue, where otherwise it would not. It’s a given that alternative fuel and advanced tech- nology clean air vehicles typically cost more than their petroleum-fueled counterparts. Grant funding helps to


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Clean Cities partnerships with local school districts are resulting in cutting air pollution emissions from buses.


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