Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality and the Ecology Center, which offers an alternative fuel transportation education module to high schools, assist the coalition with its public education efforts. Michigan's Department of Consumer and Industry Services provided start-up funds for the coalition to survey area organizations to determine interest and resource availability, develop a program plan, and host meetings. The city of Ann Arbor has begun to convert its fleet to alternative fuels, and will have nearly 40 CNG vehicles and two electric vehicles by 2002. Ann Arbor Transit Authority plans for a total of 21 CNG buses and 20 additional light-duty CNG vehicles by 2002. Ann Arbor Public Schools plans to operate 63 CNG vehicles by 2002.
Plans also are underway to install a slow-fill CNG station for school vehicles.