New York City Parks “Fleet of the Year”, with 62 percent alt energy vehicles

In New York, the NYC Parks Department received “Fleet of the Year” recognition from Fleet Owner magazine and New York City declared the Parks Department the city’s greenest department. The department runs 62 percent of its vehicles using alternative energy including compressed natural gas, to biodiesel and electric power. More than 500 of the vehicles are hybrids.  In other news, the NYC Parks Department was named the most environmentally friendly in the country by the National Association of Fleet Administrators

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