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Vanderbilt JNJ Express Inc. RPM & Nashville Public Works
and online maps showing the location of wide-based tires that are 12 percent more RPM Transportation Consultants and
all bike racks and bike resources around fuel efficient than the previous type of tire Metropolitan Government of Nashville
campus. The impact of the Vanderbilt used. Trucks are equipped with electric, Department of Public Works -
Alternative Transportation Program saves battery-powered auxiliary power units that 11th Avenue Complete Street Project
9,219 metric tons of carbon dioxide equiva- enable drivers to be 90 percent idle-free.
lents annually, which is equal to removing JNJ Express Inc., reduces drag on trucks RPM Transportation Consultants and
almost 2,000 passenger vehicles from the by trimming the mud guards to exclusively the Metropolitan Government of Nash-
road for one year. cover the tread portion of the tires and ville Department of Public Works’ 11th
JNJ Express Inc. - Green Fleet installing wheel covers to facilitate smooth Avenue Complete Street Project took
air flow. Eight hundred of their trailers are a 100-year-old industrial corridor and
JNJ Express Inc., a truckload carrier equipped with trailer tails, which in con- created a multi-use, attractive main street
based out of Memphis, recently purchased junction with side skirts, increase fuel effi- through the Gulch neighborhood. The
over 300 new trucks equipped with diesel ciency up to 10 percent. Lastly, JNJ Express aging roadway had limited sidewalk avail-
particulate filters that enhance clean fuel Inc., provides extensive driver training that ability, lacked bicycle infrastructure, and
burn, drastically reducing emissions. They makes drivers up to 30 percent more fuel didn’t adequately accommodate transit
also purchased an additional 150 trailers efficient through learned techniques such service. Project elements addressed defi-
that are equipped with the latest aerody- as progressive shifting and momentum ciencies with the addition of a multi-use
namic technology including side skirts. gaining shifting procedures. path with separate bike paths and wide
All of the new trucks and trailers have
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and online maps showing the location of wide-based tires that are 12 percent more RPM Transportation Consultants and
all bike racks and bike resources around fuel efficient than the previous type of tire Metropolitan Government of Nashville
campus. The impact of the Vanderbilt used. Trucks are equipped with electric, Department of Public Works -
Alternative Transportation Program saves battery-powered auxiliary power units that 11th Avenue Complete Street Project
9,219 metric tons of carbon dioxide equiva- enable drivers to be 90 percent idle-free.
lents annually, which is equal to removing JNJ Express Inc., reduces drag on trucks RPM Transportation Consultants and
almost 2,000 passenger vehicles from the by trimming the mud guards to exclusively the Metropolitan Government of Nash-
road for one year. cover the tread portion of the tires and ville Department of Public Works’ 11th
JNJ Express Inc. - Green Fleet installing wheel covers to facilitate smooth Avenue Complete Street Project took
air flow. Eight hundred of their trailers are a 100-year-old industrial corridor and
JNJ Express Inc., a truckload carrier equipped with trailer tails, which in con- created a multi-use, attractive main street
based out of Memphis, recently purchased junction with side skirts, increase fuel effi- through the Gulch neighborhood. The
over 300 new trucks equipped with diesel ciency up to 10 percent. Lastly, JNJ Express aging roadway had limited sidewalk avail-
particulate filters that enhance clean fuel Inc., provides extensive driver training that ability, lacked bicycle infrastructure, and
burn, drastically reducing emissions. They makes drivers up to 30 percent more fuel didn’t adequately accommodate transit
also purchased an additional 150 trailers efficient through learned techniques such service. Project elements addressed defi-
that are equipped with the latest aerody- as progressive shifting and momentum ciencies with the addition of a multi-use
namic technology including side skirts. gaining shifting procedures. path with separate bike paths and wide
All of the new trucks and trailers have
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