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Public Transit Professionals Named ‘Sustainability All Stars’

Three APTA members were among the 40 fleet professionals recently honored as Sustainability All Stars. Edgar Benning, president, Mass Transit Authority (MTA), Flint, MI; Roland Cordero, director of maintenance and vehicle technology, Foothill Transit, West Covina, CA; and Joe Thompson, president, ROUSH CleanTech, received the honor at the recent Green Fleet Conference & Expo in Phoenix.

The awards recognize individuals and organizations working to implement and offer green solutions through the use of alternative fuels and reducing emissions.

Cordero’s contributions include maintaining and advocating for alternative fuel technologies. He is also directly responsible for implementing Foothill Transit’s Environmental and Sustainability Management Program, which allowed the system to become one of the nation’s first ISO 140001 certified public transit agencies. ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that helps organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the environment; comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other requirements; and continually improve.

Benning described his agency’s efforts in adding alternative fuel vehicles to service. After researching costs and convenience, he explained, MTA opted to fuel its paratransit fleet with propane autogas rather than compressed natural gas (CNG) and now operates 92 of the propane-powered vehicles.

Thompson started ROUSH CleanTech in 2010 to increase product adoption of clean-burning, economical propane autogas. Along with MTA, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority operates vehicles equipped with ROUSH CleanTech’s propane autogas fuel system.

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