Clean Cities' primary goal is to reduce petroleum use in the United States by 2.5 billion gallons per year by 2020. To achieve this goal, Clean Cities employs three strategies:
Replace petroleum with alternative and renewable fuels
Reduce petroleum consumption through smarter driving practices and fuel economy improvements
Eliminate petroleum use through idle reduction and other fuel-saving technologies and practices.
Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders have saved more thanĀ 3 billion gallons of petroleum since the program's inception in 1993. Clean Cities efforts have helped deploy thousands of alternative fuel vehicles and the fueling stations needed to serve them, aided in the elimination of millions of hours of vehicle idling, and helped accelerate the entry of electric-drive vehicles into the marketplace.
Since its inception in 1993, Clean Cities has eliminated the need for more than 3 billion gallons* of petroleum through alternative fuel use, fuel economy improvements, idle-reduction measures, and other strategies. Source: 2010 Clean Cities Annual Metrics Database
*Petroleum savings include both gasoline and diesel fuel. Savings are measured in gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs), representing a quantity of fuel with the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline.
Petroleum Saved by Clean Cities
Year
Annual
Cumulative
2010
645000000
3689000000
2009
670000000
3083000000
2008
412000000
2413000000
2007
375000000
2001000000
2006
360000000
1626000000
2005
250000000
1266000000
2004
233000000
1016000000
2003
156000000
782000000
2002
133000000
626000000
2001
119000000
494000000
2000
92000000
375000000
1999
87000000
283000000
1998
67000000
196000000
1997
43000000
128000000
1996
45000000
86000000
1995
26000000
41000000
1994
15000000
15000000
Petroleum Savings by Technology Type
In 2010, Clean Cities saved 259 million gallons of petroleum with the use of alternative fuel vehicles. Source: 2010 Clean Cities Annual Metrics Database
Petroleum Savings by Technology Type
Technology Type
Petroleum Reduced
Idle Reduction
25100000
Alternative Fuel & Vehicles
258700000
Fuel Economy
4400000
Off-Road
8000000
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
17100000
Vehicle Miles Traveled
23200000
Breakdown of AFV Petroleum Reduction by Vehicle Type
Vehicle Type
Petroleum Reduced
Natural Gas
164059000
Ethanol (E85)
38576000
Biodiesel
28521000
Propane
18259000
Electric
8512000
Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Inventory
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Coalitions have made great strides in deploying alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in the United States. In 2010, more than 560,000 of the AFVs on the road were deployed with help from Clean Cities efforts. Source: Clean Cities Annual Metrics Database
Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Inventory
Fuel
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Biodiesel
31922
52275
91584
98785
17222
2814
88726
Electric
9241
7350
9376
4999
13761
4490
8826
Ethanol (E85)
47643
72899
221834
385671
524169
642520
403981
Hydrogen
23
42
72
86
75
74
62
Natural Gas
76257
51144
59729
56752
53174
46355
46321
Propane
31338
21117
25543
23628
22260
7937
13196
U.S. Alternative Fueling Station Inventory
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Today's drivers can find thousands of fueling stations across the country that provide natural gas, electricity, ethanol, and other alternative fuels. Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center
U.S. Alternative Fueling Station Inventory
Fuel Type
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Biodiesel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
16
79
142
176
304
459
742
645
679
644
Electric
0
0
0
188
194
310
486
490
558
693
873
830
671
588
465
442
430
465
541
Ethanol (E85)
2
7
32
37
68
71
40
49
113
154
149
188
200
436
762
1208
1644
1928
2142
Hydrogen
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
7
9
14
17
32
46
63
58
Methanol (M85)
43
50
82
88
95
106
91
51
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Natural Gas
349
497
1042
1065
1491
1497
1334
1313
1261
1276
1202
1097
975
827
769
756
816
808
880
Propane
3297
3297
3299
3299
4252
4255
5318
4153
3268
3403
3431
3966
3689
2995
2619
2371
2175
2468
2647
Since 1993, Clean Cities has funded more than 500 transportation projects nationwide through a competitive application process. Clean Cities has distributed $366 million in project awards, which have leveraged an additional $740 million in matching funds and in-kind contributions from other organizations in the public and private sectors.