| Illinois Green Fleet
SMTD Earns A 5-Star Green Fleet Rating |
| On October 25, 2001, the Springfield Mass Transit District(SMTD) received the Illinois Green Fleet Designation from the Illinios Evironmental Protection Agency (IEPA). SMTD was the first transit agency in the state to receive this designation. |
| What ia a "Green Fleet?" The IEPA developed a program where businesses, government units and other organiztions may gain recognition for their efforts to reduce polluting emissions from motor vehicles through the use of environmentally-friendly alternative fuels. |
| The program assigns points to a fleet based on the percentage of the fleet using alternative fuels, refueling arrangements, actual fuel usage, the future commitment to clean, alternative fuels and the presence of any incentives for employees. There are three tiers of Green Fleets with 1-star being the lowest and 5-star being the highest. The SMTD is a 5-star fleet. |
| Currently the SMTD uses 3 types of environmentally-friendly alternative fuels. Twenty-eight of its fifty buses are fueled with compressed natural gas. Twenty-five fixed-route and sixteen Access Springfield vans may be fueled with soy diesel or 02Diesel, which is an ethanol-based fuel. These alternative fuels redirect emissions for a cleaner environment.
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| Ride SMTD's environmentally-friendly buses "Wherever life takes you." |
