The City of Burbank is working hard to help reduce the amount of pollution its citizens breathe by purchasing alternative fuel fleet vehicles that emit far less pollution compared to diesel vehicles. An added benefit of using alternative fuels is reducing our reliance on foreign oil, an important goal of our national energy policy. Complimenting the Citys alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) program is the addition of a state of the art compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, which was commissioned for 24-hour public service on April 24, 2002. In addition, the City of Burbank is now home to the biggest and most technologically advanced Hydrogen fueling station in the US. Built in cooperation with the Department of Energy, BP and Daimler Chrysler, the new H2 facility is located at the Verdugo Avenue entrance of the City of Burbank Public Works Yard and dispenses both 350 bar/5,000psi and 700 bar/10,000psi of fuel, allowing for many different types of hydrogen vehicles to fill at the station. A part of the Hydrogen Highway infrastructure being built in California, the facility is open to the public seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. The City's AFV program includes a fleet of over 100 alternative fuel fleet vehicles, including CNG, Electric, and Hydrogen vehicles of every size and type. Sweepers, refuse haulers, passenger cars, buses, and several heavy duty trucks comprise this diverse and growing alternative fuel fleet, many of which were procured with the aid of MSRC grant funding.
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Five CNG refuse trucks were built and delivered to the City of Burbank in August 2007 and placed into service shortly thereafter. The vehicles were purchased via the Citys competitive procurement process with no problems during this process. The new vehicles replaced existing, older refuse trucks which were sold out of state. The new CNG front loading refuse trucks were purchased from Peck Road Ford Truck Center, a vendor with a solid reputation for providing quality products and reliable services. Condor, the manufacturer of the vehicles, was quick to resolve any and all warranty related repair issues, thus making this project a highly successful one.
The overall project goal was to purchase 5 compressed natural gas refuse trucks that operate throughout the City of Burbank.
The use of low-emission CNG fueled vehicles is an effective strategy to reduce mobile source emissions and reduce consumption of imported oil. In addition to the significant environmental benefits (oxides of nitrogen and toxic particulates emissions reductions) of this project, we are proud to enhance energy independence for the region. The displacement of nearly 34,000 gallons of petroleum fuel has made a significant contribution toward the South Coast Air Basins long-range goal of implementing the use of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. This enhanced energy independence will contribute to Californias, and the nations economy (and security), by adding to the ever increasing advanced vehicle fleet that is independent of foreign oil imports. Since the vehicles went into service, .404 tons of NOx has been reduced and .0129 tons of Particulate Matter have been reduced.