Clean Cities Goals and Accomplishments

Clean Cities' primary goal is to cut petroleum use in the United States by 2.5 billion gallons per year by 2020. To achieve this goal, Clean Cities employs three strategies:

Replace petroleum with alternative and renewable fuels
Reduce petroleum consumption through smarter driving practices and fuel economy improvements
Eliminate petroleum use through idle reduction and other fuel-saving technologies and practices.

Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders have saved nearly 6.5 billion gallons of petroleum since the program's inception in 1993. Clean Cities efforts have helped deploy thousands of alternative fuel vehicles and the fueling stations needed to serve them, aided in the elimination of millions of hours of vehicle idling, and helped accelerate the entry of electric-drive vehicles into the marketplace.

Explore this infographic to learn how Clean Cities is reducing America's oil dependency a billion gallons at a time.

Petroleum Savings
Technology Breakdown
Vehicle Inventory
Station Inventory

Clean Cities Cumulative Petroleum Savings

Since its inception in 1993, Clean Cities has eliminated the need for nearly 6.5 billion gallons* of petroleum through alternative fuel use, fuel economy improvements, idle-reduction measures, and other strategies. Source: Clean Cities annual metrics reports

*Petroleum savings include both gasoline and diesel fuel. Savings are measured in gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs), representing a quantity of fuel with the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline.

Petroleum Saved by Clean Cities
Year	Annual	Cumulative
2013	1008000000	6448000000
2012	907000000	5440000000
2011	805000000	4533000000
2010	645000000	3689000000
2009	670000000	3083000000
2008	412000000	2413000000
2007	375000000	2001000000
2006	360000000	1626000000
2005	250000000	1266000000
2004	233000000	1016000000
2003	156000000	782000000
2002	133000000	626000000
2001	119000000	494000000
2000	92000000	375000000
1999	87000000	283000000
1998	67000000	196000000
1997	43000000	128000000
1996	45000000	86000000
1995	26000000	41000000
1994	15000000	15000000

Petroleum Savings by Technology Type

In 2013, Clean Cities saved 462 million gallons of petroleum with the use of alternative fuel vehicles. Source: Clean Cities annual metrics reports

Petroleum Savings by Technology Type
Technology Type	Petroleum Reduced
Idle Reduction	29500000
Alternative Fuels & Vehicles	389700000
Fuel Economy	15400000
Off-Road	7900000
HEVs, PHEVs, & EVs	73100000
Vehicle Miles Traveled	37100000

Breakdown of AFV Petroleum Reduction by Vehicle Type
Vehicle Type	Petroleum Reduced
Natural Gas	253000000
Ethanol (E85)	48000000
Biodiesel	61000000
Propane	27000000

Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Inventory

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Coalitions have made great strides in deploying alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in the United States. In 2013, more than 592,000 of the AFVs on the road were deployed with help from Clean Cities efforts. Source: Clean Cities annual metrics reports

Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Inventory
Fuel	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Biodiesel	31922	52275	91584	98785	17222	2814	88726	99347	103106	98028
Electric	9241	7350	9376	4999	13761	4490	8826	10113	161648	115526
Ethanol (E85)	47643	72899	221834	385671	524169	642520	403981	479706	197187	259337
Hydrogen	23	42	72	86	75	74	62	118	50	46
Natural Gas	76257	51144	59729	56752	53174	46355	46321	52472	62932	83261
Propane	31338	21117	25543	23628	22260	7937	13196	18793	16501	35554

U.S. Alternative Fueling Station Inventory

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Today's drivers can find thousands of fueling stations across the country that provide natural gas, electricity, ethanol, and other alternative fuels. Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center

U.S. Alternative Fueling Station Inventory
Fuel Type	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Biodiesel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	79	142	176	304	459	742	645	679	644	627	675	757
Electric	0	0	0	188	194	310	486	490	558	693	873	830	671	588	465	442	430	465	541	3394	13392	19410
Ethanol (E85)	2	7	32	37	68	71	40	49	113	154	149	188	200	436	762	1208	1644	1928	2142	2442	2553	2639
Hydrogen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	9	14	17	32	46	63	58	56	58	53
Methanol (M85)	43	50	82	88	95	106	91	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas	349	497	1042	1065	1491	1497	1334	1313	1261	1276	1202	1097	975	827	769	756	816	808	880	995	1166	1344
Propane	3297	3297	3299	3299	4252	4255	5318	4153	3268	3403	3431	3966	3689	2995	2619	2371	2175	2468	2647	2597	2654	2956

Clean Cities Overview

Clean Cities 2013 Annual Metrics Report

Since 1993, Clean Cities has funded more than 500 transportation projects nationwide through a competitive application process. Clean Cities has distributed $377 million in project awards, which have leveraged an additional $740 million in matching funds and in-kind contributions from other organizations in the public and private sectors.

Learn more about Clean Cities' strategies and goals in the five-year strategic plan.

National Award Recipients

The U.S. Department of Energy recognizes the accomplishments of Clean Cities coalitions and stakeholders through the Clean Cities Hall of Fame.