Cities and towns are the engines of the Rhode Island economy, providing vital community services by creating jobs, encouraging local tourism, and by creating community gathering locations. These local governments can be leaders in clean transportation by deploying and promoting electric vehicles and clean transportation alternatives both within their own fleets and throughout the community. These fleets include safety services, park services and maintenance vehicles, school buses, and more. In addition, cities and towns can work with local business leaders to provide services to enhance the competitiveness of Rhode Island as a hub for advanced and emerging companies by providing exciting employee and conveniences.
These government-driven initiatives not only increase electric vehicle awareness, but they also improve air quality and will create government fleet operation and maintenance savings from lower maintenance costs over the lifetime of the vehicles.
Revenues from the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program can assist local governments in capturing these benefits.