October 2013
The MSRC has announced several new program solicitations for the fall, with more on the way. The Local Government Match Program, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program, and Alternative Fuel School Bus Buy-Down Incentive Program have been so popular in the past that the MSRC has brought them back again this year.
The MSRC’s Rideshare Thursday campaign launched last month and is already a hit with Southern Californians. With summer now over and people heading back to work and school, Southern California’s roadways have gotten much more crowded - gone are the days of summer-lite traffic. This was the perfect time for the MSRC to launch its Rideshare Thursday campaign to rally commuters to get out of their individual cars and into carpools and vanpools, and onto bicycles and mass transit to help save money on gas, reduce the stress from driving, and reduce traffic and pollution. In early September, the media
Ryder has embarked on the road of using cleaner fueled vehicles in its Southern California fleet thanks to Clean Transportation Funding from the MSRC. The MSRC helped serve as a “one-stop-shop” for Ryder by providing incentives for both its new compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles and the infrastructure to support these vehicles.
As a Fortune 500 commercial transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions company, Ryder is always looking for ways to help its customers be more efficient in their operations while investing in technologies that can help its bottom line. Ryder believes that CNG-fueled vehicles