Greening the fleet

Greening the Fleet National Trends and Opportunities for the City of Edmonton A report prepared for the Parkland Institute September 2007 By Allan Bolstad Greening the Fleet: National Trends and Opportunities for the City of Edmonton Allan Bolstad This report was prepared for the Parkland Institute September, 2007. [...] He has authored reports entitled Smart Growth in Alberta for the Sierra Club of Canada (Prairie Chapter); Toward a Provincial Land Use Strategy for the Alberta Liberal Caucus: Municipal Sustainability, also for the Alberta Liberal Caucus; The Green Energy Plan for the Alberta NDP Caucus and The Edmonton Land Trust Business Plan for the Edmonton Community Foundation. [...] Cities can play a key role in getting the message out to their citizens and members of the public are always more impressed if the government “walks the walk” as well as “talks the talk.” * Calculated from Environment Canada 2005 Emissions Data Greening the Fleet – September 2007. [...] The tax is payable by the manufacturer or importer at the time the vehicle is delivered to a dealer. [...] Experience of Other Canadian Municipalities City of Toronto One of the first cities through the green fleet gate was the City of Toronto, which is nearly finished the first phase of its program (Green Fleet Transition Plan 2004-2007).* An aggressive and multi-faceted plan, it called for a reduction of 10-15 million kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (eCO2) – representing a 23 per cent reductio