Priority: Transportation
As a major hub for shipping and trucking, Oakland is working hard to find solutions that reduce pollution and maximize efficiency.
Alternative Fuels
There are four stations in Oakland that currently or will soon provide alternative fueling options.
AC Transit and the City of Oakland collaborated on Oakland’s first hydrogen fueling station, located on Seminary near San Leandro Street. AC Transit is also working in partnership with Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University, Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, and the City of Oakland to build and operate the HyRoad Learning Center on the same property as the hydrogen fueling station. This Center will provide transportation related information for the community and engage school children and policy-makers in an interactive exploration of emerging energy and transportation systems and paths to a sustainable future.
A second alternative fueling station close to downtown at Market and Brush Streets is anticipated to be operational by late 2006. The station, which will be open to the public, will offer Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and will be plumbed for hydrogen fueling.
The Oakland Airport has a compressed natural gas fueling station in operation and the City of Oakland has a CNG fueling station at the City’s Municipal Service Center, for the exclusive use of the City’s CNG fueled vehicles.
Bikes and Pedestrians
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program plans, secures funds for, and implements bicycle and pedestrian projects throughout Oakland.
Clean Vehicles
In 2003, a Green Fleet Resolution (PDF) established "Green Fleet" policies and procedures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality in the City of Oakland, and to increase the energy efficiency of the city's fleet.