# Presentation: 750229

## Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities 
2007 Update

First Annual Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat
Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
September 25-27, 2007

**2007 Update**
**First Annual Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat**
**Mammoth Cave National Park, KY**
**September 25-27, 2007**
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##  Designated in July 1995
 Housed in the North Central Texas Council of 
  Governments (NCTCOG) in the form of a technical committee
 Clearinghouse for fleets and the general public related to technical, 
   funding, and promotional guidance related to alternative fuel and 
   advanced technologies and fuels
 DFW Clean Cities provides technical guidance, 
  project recommendations, and promotion of several clean vehicle 
  calls for projects and policy programs of NCTCOG

-  Housed in the North Central Texas Council of
-   Governments (NCTCOG) in the form of a technical committee
-  Clearinghouse for fleets and the general public related to technical,
-    funding, and promotional guidance related to alternative fuel and
-    advanced technologies and fuels
-  DFW Clean Cities provides technical guidance,
-   project recommendations, and promotion of several clean vehicle
-   calls for projects and policy programs of NCTCOG

**Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Overview**

## Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Overview

-  No dues collected since several entities already pay dues to NCTCOG
- Coordinator is part-time position since is responsible for
-    Transportation and Air Quality Marketing/Outreach Team
** **Other staff members also contribute time to Clean Cities
- Coalition funded by:
-  Texas State Energy Conservation Office
-  US Department of Energy
-  Sponsorship funds raised from workshops/events
-  Awards from Ford and General Motors

**Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Overview**

## Significant/Noteworthy Vehicle Projects

- Policy covers ways public fleets can have a positive impact in air quality through vehicle acquisition, maintenance, operations, and compliance
- Entities that adopt the Policy and comply are eligible for future clean vehicle funding
- Entities that do not adopt the Policy may not be eligible or score well for other transportation funds
- 47 Heavy-duty CNG Projects approved for funding
- 53 Light-duty alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle projects approved for funding
-  North Texas Clean School Bus Call for Projects
- 6 CNG and 15 propane school buses approved for funding

**Significant/Noteworthy Vehicle Projects**

##  The North Texas Region has continued to sustain its natural gas (CNG      
   and LNG), propane, and biodiesel refueling stations
 Continual growth of E85 station openings at Kroger Grocery Stores   
   across the region since the first E85 station opened in summer of 2006. 
 Currently 9 E85 stations in North Texas

-    and LNG), propane, and biodiesel refueling stations
-  Continual growth of E85 station openings at Kroger Grocery Stores
-    across the region since the first E85 station opened in summer of 2006.
-  Currently 9 E85 stations in North Texas

**Significant/Noteworthy                              Fueling Infrastructure Projects**

## Significant/Noteworthy                        Coalition Outreach Activities

-  DFW Clean Cities and Tarrant County College South Campus
-   partnered on the 2006 AFV Odyssey Day at the Alliance Airport
-   Air Show in Fort Worth, Texas on  September 30-October 1, 2006
-  Featured a display of hybrids and neighborhood electric cars
-  Quarterly DFW Clean Cities Technical Coalition Meetings
-  Planned and hosted several clean vehicle events such as the Texas
-   Propane Road Show, workshops for clean vehicle call for project
-   funding sources, and workshops for clean vehicle policies
-  Created and distributed the monthly electronic newsletter, *Clean  *
*  **Cities News Flash*

## Significant/Noteworthy                        Coalition Outreach Activities

-  Performed outreach at over 40 community outreach events since
-   October 2006
-  Hosted the 2007 *Advancing the Choice Event*, Beyond Regulations:
-   Greening Regulated Fleets on August 15, 2007
-  Over 115 attendees
-  Presentations were given from regulated fleets that have
-    incorporated cleaner vehicle technologies, regulating authorities
-    who have created clean vehicle policies, state programs, and
-    information on North Texas regulated fleet plans
-  Recognition event for Yellow Cab Dallas/Fort Worth
-  Great media coverage (radio, TV, and print)
-  Regulated Fleets attending stressed to staff afterwards how they
-    wanted to incorporate more clean technologies into their fleets

## 2007 Success Story 

-  2007 Advancing the Choice Workshop
-  Green Taxi Program for the North Texas region
-  This program will help bring hybrids and other clean technology
-    vehicles into the taxi market, and currently NCTCOG has ~$1.6
-    million to provide financial assistance
-  Yellow Cab Dallas/Fort Worth is the first taxi fleet in the region
-    to incorporate hybrid technologies into their fleet
-  They plan on having five hybrids for a pilot program by the
-    end of 2007, and having their whole fleet operate on 100
-    clean technology by 2011 (this would be over 1,000 cabs)
-  Approached DFW Clean Cities about the difficulty in getting
-    hybrids in Texas to purchase.
-  Coalition held conservations with Toyota about this issue
-  Toyota has since assisted Yellow Cab with finding four more hybrid
-    Camry’s they needed for their pilot program.

## Mindy Mize
Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coordinator
Principal Transportation Planner
817-608-2346
mmize@nctcog.org
www.nctcog.org/cleancities

- Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coordinator
- Principal Transportation Planner
- 817-608-2346
- _mmize@nctcog.org_
- _www.nctcog.org/cleancities_

**Contact Information**