KCFC hosted a Spring Membership Meeting and Green Fleets of the Bluegrass Awards Ceremony at the Louisville Zoo on March 17. Coalition members gathered to celebrate and recognize accomplishments from 2014 and display the various alternative fueled vehicles our members utilize throughout the state. Nick D’Andrea from UPS delivered a featured presentation at the meeting detailing the UPS national and international alternative fuel fleet vehicles.

TARC’s new ZeroBus is a fast-charging, all-electric bus that produces zero emissions. It’s a sleek, clean, and quiet way to get around. And with 10 new ZeroBus vehicles in Louisville, our city has one of the largest fleets of this kind in the country. These vehicles are in the spotlight as they travel around downtown, stopping frequently near work sites and popular destinations including concerts, museums, and big-time college sports events.

Preparing Vehicle Technicians for Advanced Transportation Fuels is an initiative designed to develop an advanced transportation technology training program at Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC). The program will be the first college program in the state and the nation to offer technician training in all of the advanced transportation/alternative fuel vehicle technologies.

Mayor Jim Gray announced the move to natural gas vehicles for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government fleet operations. Lexington added 11 Waste Management garbage trucks powered by compressed natural gas, and through a partnership with Columbia Gas, now have a local CNG fueling station for the fleet.

For the first time in Kentucky history, school districts are able to purchase Propane (LPG) powered school buses for student transportation, and districts are jumping at the chance to do so. Leading the pack with 8 is Crittenden, Hardin with 5, Bath with 3, Allen with 2 and Bourbon, Grant and Trimble counties all with 1 propane powered bus.