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Making the switch to CNG.

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Clean burning and domestically produced, compressed natural gas was a smart choice for the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T), in Fort Worth, Texas.

Back in the '80s, the board president decided that alternative fuel was the way to go. Director of Maintenance Ron Anderson says they investigated the options and based on all the information they gathered, CNG was the best option for the agency.

The T started with access to a slow fueling station downtown. They would deliver the buses to the gas company at night and go back and pick them up the next morning. Around 1990 The T opened up its own gas station. "It was a small station," Anderson says. "We could probably fill a bus in 30/40 minutes." Over the years they added compressors and currently have five.

There are multiple ways the agency benefits from the CNG use. Robert Harmon, The T's chief financial officer, explains how using domestic fuel benefits the local economy.

"Since the oil embargo in the '70s, every president of the United States has had this goal of being independent of foreign...

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