Clean Vehicles, Clean Fuels, Clean Air, Clean Cities!

Making Electric Vehicles More Convenient and Affordable

Transforming Chicago's Transportation Landscape Using Grant Funding

Chicago Expands its Use of Natural Gas

Chicagoans Now Have a Cleaner, Greener, More Sustainable Transportation Option

In 2011, there were fewer than 500 green taxicabs in Chicago. Today, more than 3,000 alternative fuel vehicles serve as taxicabs. Next time you hail a cab, it's likely you will be in a green vehicle, helping the City improve its air quality!

IdleBox Toolkit

What are the benefits of reducing idling? The IdleBox Toolkit is your resource to find general information as well as print products, templates, and presentations to assist you in your idle-reduction projects for fleets with light- and medium-duty vehicles.

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Foodliner
Foodliner purchases six new CNG vehicles for it’s fleet as part of the Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Read More »

Ethanol Flex Fuel
The City of Chicago fleet currently totals approximately 7,000 vehicles, of which 1,861 are E85 flex fuel vehicles. Read More »

Green Taxi Program
The results from a project under a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Clean Cities grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to fund the purchase of 120 alternative fuel vehicles. Read More »

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