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Introducing Trash Gordon and Vin No Diesel, Wisconsin’s First Electric Trash Trucks posted October 31, 2024
The vote to name Madison’s and Wisconsin’s first electric collection vehicles ended on October 21 and we have the results.Voters selected Trash Gordon and Vin No Diesel. Welcome to the fleet!How the Voting WorkedThis election was a ranked…
Electric Truck Naming is Down to the Wire; Truck Name Vote Ends on October 21, 2024 at 4:00pm posted October 17, 2024
The public vote to choose the names for Madison’s and Wisconsin’s first electric trash collection vehicles is about to be unplugged.Make your choice for the names on the Wisconsin Clean Cities website (https://wicleancities.org). The vote ends…
Madison Adds Electric Collection Trucks to its Fleet posted September 17, 2024
The City of Madison Streets Division will be the first community in Wisconsin with an all-electric trash collection truck
City Celebrates Infrastructure and Public Works Weeks: May 16-20 posted May 16, 2022
The City of Madison invites the community to celebrate the City’s Public Works agencies and infrastructure progress for Infrastructure and Public Works weeks, May 16-20, 2022. Both weeks celebrate different topics, but are designated on the same…
Optimus Technologies and Renewable Energy Group Implement B100 Technology to Help City of Madison Reach Sustainability Goals posted March 10, 2022
Use of 100% Biodiesel Will Help Fleet Reach Net Zero Target
You're Invited: City Fleet Building Ribbon Cutting, Open House posted June 4, 2021
The City invites the community to a grand opening and ribbon cutting at the City’s state-of-the-art Fleet Facility, 3:30 p.m., June 22, at its new location, 4151 Nakoosa Trail, Madison, Wis. In addition to a formal ribbon cutting, remarks from City…
City of Madison Continues Pilot of Pedal-Assist Cargo Bikes - Affordable Eco-Friendly Work Solution posted August 24, 2020
The City of Madison has joined with Saris, a Madison-area manufacturer of cycling accessories and infrastructure products, to launch one of the first municipal pilots in the US of an electric pedal-assist cargo bicycle use in government work. The…
COVID-19 and Some Essential City Services posted April 15, 2020
A Message from Mayor Rhodes-Conway
ENVISION SOLAR Deploys the First City-Owned Solar-Powered EV Charging Station in the City of Madison posted April 9, 2020
Madison Makes Zero-Emission EV Charging Available to Citizens and City Fleet Electric Vehicles
City of Madison Begins Climate Resilience Planning with Support from University of Wisconsin posted December 2, 2019
The City of Madison is partnering with the University of Wisconsin (UW) Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Wisconsin Institute on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), and UW-Extension Dane County to help make Madison a climate-ready city.…
City of Madison leads the state with first public fleet to use 20 percent biodiesel posted October 21, 2019
From ambulances and fire trucks to garbage/recycling and plow trucks, the City is making a significant, positive impact on the environment by the fuel its using. For the first time in state history for a public entity, City of Madison vehicles are…
Register for The Future of Transportation Day posted September 19, 2019
Join the City of Madison Fleet & Engineering Departments at this free event taking place Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at the State Capitol.
City of Madison Announces Partnership with Climate Mayors Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative posted July 1, 2019
New purchases will cut annual gas usage by up to 1 million gallons; Collaborative also announces plans for new national solicitation for school buses
Severe Weather Update - 1/31/2019 posted January 31, 2019
With record setting low temperatures, City of Madison staff remain on duty assisting not only residents of Madison, but in one instance, residents of the small neighboring community of Brooklyn.
Severe Weather Update posted January 30, 2019
City Residents Abiding by Weather Warnings
Madison's Greener and Smarter Future Begins Now posted December 6, 2018
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin will be joined by City Transportation Director Tom Lynch, Fleet Service Superintendent Mahanth Joishy and City Traffic Engineer Yang Tao on Thursday, December 13 for a public presentation and discussion on the future of…
Madison Community Leaders Call on the Trump Administration to Protect Public Health posted December 18, 2017
Today, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, and other community leaders gathered to call on the Trump administration to maintain federal clean car standards. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt…

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