Everything's bigger in Texas, including commitment to clean transportation. This September marks the second anniversary of legislation creating the Texas Clean Transportation Triangle (TCTT)�the fastest growing natural gas transportation corridor in the nation. The TCTT�s success makes Texas an example for states across the nation to follow.

• Encompassing over 700 miles and home to more than 10% of the nation's traffic, the TCTT links Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston with natural gas vehicle (NGV) fueling stations, taking the equivalent of more than 175,000 smog-producing cars off Texas highways
• To date, Texas has 69 CNG and LNG fueling stations in more than 40 cities across the state and over $75 million of private investment to build 62 new fueling stations

The first-of-its kind legislation was developed collaboratively by the Texas Legislature and stakeholders across the aisle to address air-quality in Texas' major metropolitan areas. The groundbreaking initiative is solving the "chicken-or-the-egg" challenge to widespread NGV adoption by simultaneously:

• Providing market certainty by mapping out infrastructure
• Encouraging fleet expansion and infrastructure investment

The TCTT has become a national model and an unparalleled success in driving businesses to go "all in" for NGVs. UPS is bringing 140 new LNG vehicles to Texas�the single largest LNG truck deployment in history�to take advantage of the TCTT.

As the nation's top natural-gas producing state, it makes sense (and cents) for Texas to celebrate this landmark anniversary and Texas� wide success in advancing NGVs.

Quick Facts

Created by the Texas Legislature in 2011, the TCTT has helped more than 30 companies with fleets in Texas convert or begin converting to natural gas including:

• UPS
• Frito-Lay
• Dillon Transport
• U.S. Foods
• Central Freight
• Ryder
• FedEx
• HEB
• Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston
• AT&T
• Sysco
• Silver Eagle Distributors
• Clean Harbors
• Republic Services
• Dart
• Waste Management
• McShan Florist

This high demand spurred the Texas Legislature to pass SB 1727 earlier this summer, which bolstered the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) to expand the TCTT scope to include regions outside the triangle and light-duty vehicles and heavy duty, off-road equipment (i.e. drilling rigs) used in oil & gas industry.

Significant Benefits: Good for the Environment

• The forecast emissions benefits of the TCTT are the annual equivalent of taking more than 175,000 cars off Texas highways in the state�s most populated areas and displacing more than 41 million gallons of imported oil.
• Texas used 12,729 million gallons of gasoline and 7,300 million gallons of diesel for vehicles in 2011. Replacing gasoline and diesel with natural gas in Texas would reduce total CO2 emissions by 41.3 million metric tons.

Significant Benefits: Good for Business

• Natural gas contributes more than $100 billion to Texas economy a year and supports about 1.3 million jobs. Using more state-sourced natural gas means a greater economic multiplier of jobs, investment and increased tax revenue.
• Natural gas costs up to $1.50 less per gallon than gasoline or diesel. Many Natural gas fleets are seeing as much as a 40% savings compared with diesel-fueled fleets
• Because natural gas releases little or no combustion by-product into the motor oil, vehicles require less oil changes and cleaner engines, leading to longer service life and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fuel and maintenance cost savings.