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Transportation from page 15 Nashville Sharp Transport, Inc.
last four years. Sharp Transport, Inc., has
sidewalks, 800 linear feet of greenway and into the Gulch area and the offices of the updated nearly 100 tractors with selective
urban mini-park, hundreds of new trees County Clerk. The buses are quick-charg- catalytic reduction technology engines;
and shrubs, a signalized pedestrian cross- ing at just 10 minutes for a full charge. implemented low rolling resistance tires
ing, roadside bioretention zones, and bike Because they have 30 percent fewer parts over the entire tractor fleet and over 300
racks. The new corridor blends aspects than a diesel vehicle and require fewer trailers; purchased new, lighter weight
of the neighborhood’s industrial uses repairs, lifetime maintenance costs are trailers equipped with side skirt aerody-
and warehouses with the trendy, modern expected to decrease by about $135,000. namic devices to reduce wind drag; and
design of new developments in the neigh- In 2015, the Music City Circuit’s electric installed automatic tire inflation devices
borhood. To celebrate the completion of buses provided more than 300,000 rides on all trailers. In April 2013, Sharp Trans-
Nashville’s newest complete street, Mayor for residents and visitors in downtown port, Inc., implemented onboard record-
Karl Dean hosted the community’s first Nashville, reducing carbon dioxide emis- ing systems that monitor every aspect
Open Streets Festival in June 2015. Over sions by 56,000 pounds and resulting in a of fuel economy and calculate idle time,
2,000 people participated in the festival decreased diesel usage of 34,000 gallons. use of cruise control, RPM management,
and took advantage of all that the newly Sharp Transport, Inc. – Green Fleet and speed control. These data are used to
developed street has to offer. provide financial incentives to drivers for
Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority - Sharp Transport, Inc., for-hire freight achieving fuel economy milestones. Also,
Music City Circuit Electric Buses carrier has increased their overall trailer
fleet efficiency by 11 percent over the
Metropolitan Transit Authority in
Nashville has a history of providing
environmentally-friendly transit options,
and this past year they expanded their
fleet to include nine Proterra Inc., electric
buses. The buses run virtually silent and
emit zero emissions. The buses are used
for the cost-free Music City Circuit, which
runs from the Nashville Farmers’ Market
through the busy business, tourism, and
arts district of downtown, all the way
CMI Equipment Sales, Inc.
P.O. Box 78098 • 2405 Dickerson Rd. • Nashville, TN 37207
SALES PARTS SERVICE
City of Hendersonville purchased a new O’Brien model
7040-SC Trailer Jetter with 65 HP Cummins engine and
700 gallon water tanks, from CMI Equipment Sales.
615-227-7800 • FAX 615-227-4013
www.cmiequip.com
Contact:
Wayne Cope Terry Wilkes
James McCormick John Scott Chad Ray
16 TPW July/August 2016
last four years. Sharp Transport, Inc., has
sidewalks, 800 linear feet of greenway and into the Gulch area and the offices of the updated nearly 100 tractors with selective
urban mini-park, hundreds of new trees County Clerk. The buses are quick-charg- catalytic reduction technology engines;
and shrubs, a signalized pedestrian cross- ing at just 10 minutes for a full charge. implemented low rolling resistance tires
ing, roadside bioretention zones, and bike Because they have 30 percent fewer parts over the entire tractor fleet and over 300
racks. The new corridor blends aspects than a diesel vehicle and require fewer trailers; purchased new, lighter weight
of the neighborhood’s industrial uses repairs, lifetime maintenance costs are trailers equipped with side skirt aerody-
and warehouses with the trendy, modern expected to decrease by about $135,000. namic devices to reduce wind drag; and
design of new developments in the neigh- In 2015, the Music City Circuit’s electric installed automatic tire inflation devices
borhood. To celebrate the completion of buses provided more than 300,000 rides on all trailers. In April 2013, Sharp Trans-
Nashville’s newest complete street, Mayor for residents and visitors in downtown port, Inc., implemented onboard record-
Karl Dean hosted the community’s first Nashville, reducing carbon dioxide emis- ing systems that monitor every aspect
Open Streets Festival in June 2015. Over sions by 56,000 pounds and resulting in a of fuel economy and calculate idle time,
2,000 people participated in the festival decreased diesel usage of 34,000 gallons. use of cruise control, RPM management,
and took advantage of all that the newly Sharp Transport, Inc. – Green Fleet and speed control. These data are used to
developed street has to offer. provide financial incentives to drivers for
Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority - Sharp Transport, Inc., for-hire freight achieving fuel economy milestones. Also,
Music City Circuit Electric Buses carrier has increased their overall trailer
fleet efficiency by 11 percent over the
Metropolitan Transit Authority in
Nashville has a history of providing
environmentally-friendly transit options,
and this past year they expanded their
fleet to include nine Proterra Inc., electric
buses. The buses run virtually silent and
emit zero emissions. The buses are used
for the cost-free Music City Circuit, which
runs from the Nashville Farmers’ Market
through the busy business, tourism, and
arts district of downtown, all the way
CMI Equipment Sales, Inc.
P.O. Box 78098 • 2405 Dickerson Rd. • Nashville, TN 37207
SALES PARTS SERVICE
City of Hendersonville purchased a new O’Brien model
7040-SC Trailer Jetter with 65 HP Cummins engine and
700 gallon water tanks, from CMI Equipment Sales.
615-227-7800 • FAX 615-227-4013
www.cmiequip.com
Contact:
Wayne Cope Terry Wilkes
James McCormick John Scott Chad Ray
16 TPW July/August 2016
