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Advancing Clean Transportation Across Illinois: April 2026 | Fuel for Thought – From the Chair
Dear Readers, In March, I was elected by the IACT Board to serve as Chair for the next biennium. I am honored by the opportunity and energized by the work ahead as we continue advancing IACT’s vision. I am a lifelong Illinois resident, born and raised in the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River before […]
Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation Announces 2025 Clean Transportation Leadership Award Winners and Clean Fuels Champion
The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) has announced this year’s Clean Transportation Leadership Awards and Clean Fuels Champion. A U.S. Department of Energy designated coalition in the Clean Cities and Communities partnership, IACT is a nonprofit working to promote environmentally friendly vehicles and cleaner, healthier air throughout Illinois. On December 11, 2025, the coalition […]
“Keep On Truckin” 2026 Electric Truck Lunch and Learn, Ride and Drive
On October 9, 2025, IACT, ComEd, and host, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, held its Oktober Fest, EV Truck Lunch N Learn at Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve. Keep on Truckin’ is an annual educational event to help guide fleet managers in their next steps to EV readiness and transition initiatives. The event was an […]
Green Drives 2025, hosted at Powering Chicago’s IBEW/NECA Technical Institute
The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation hosted its annual Green Drives Conference & Expo on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the IBEW-NECA Technical Institute in Alsip, Illinois, in partnership with Powering Chicago. As the longest-running clean transportation events in the Midwest, Green Drives draws government leaders, commercial and municipal fleet managers, corporate sustainability professionals, and […]
Powering Chicago Named IACT’s ‘Clean Fuels Champion,” 6 Others Granted Sustainability Leadership Awards
The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) recently held its Annual Meeting and Holiday Reception on December 11, 2024, at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Schaumburg, awarding multiple organizations for their work within sustainable transportation and crowning this year’s Clean Fuels Champion. Each December, IACT hosts a meeting to review the year’s highlights, discuss the upcoming […]
IACT Assists with Great River Road Collaboration Project
The Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT) will be joining the Great River Road Collaboration project, which aims to unite ten Clean Cities & Communities coalitions along the Mississippi River’s Great River Road to establish an alternative fuel corridor that supports diverse clean fuel and vehicle technologies. The Great River Road is a National Scenic […]
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Megawatt Charging Arrives: What MCS Means for Illinois Freight Corridors | Innovation Lane
When a Class 8 driver pulls off I-80 for a federally mandated 30-minute break, the truck is doing nothing productive. That short window, repeated millions of times a year across the U.S. freight network, is exactly what the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is engineered around. After roughly eight years of development inside CharIN’s MCS Task […]
The Connected Future of Electric Transportation | Board Insights: Tim Milburn
Introducing Tim Milburn — Founding Partner of Green Ways 2Go Since 2011, Tim has been active in clean transportation projects and consulting work, as a Partner at Green Ways 2Go. Project activities started with developing and deploying alternative fuel projects, including turnkey projects for EV charging, compressed natural gas, and propane autogas. Since 2016, most […]
Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel—Understanding the Differences and Why Both Matter | Innovation Lane
As fleets continue exploring ways to reduce emissions while maintaining reliable operations, two renewable alternatives to petroleum diesel are receiving increased attention: biodiesel and renewable diesel. Although the fuels have similar names and can be produced from many of the same renewable feedstocks, they are distinct products with unique characteristics. Understanding these differences can help […]
Operating Smarter: Fuel Choice, Compliance, and the Modern Landscape Fleet
For grounds-care operators and the fleets that serve them, fuel choice has shifted from an environmental conversation to an operating one, driven by fuel cost volatility, evolving small-engine rules, and procurement language showing up in city and campus contracts. Two forces are reshaping how landscape fleets evaluate equipment, and neither is primarily about advocacy. The […]
How WattEV is Tackling the Biggest Challenges in Freight Electrification | Innovation Lane
As states, fleets, utilities, and technology providers work to reduce transportation emissions, one sector continues to present unique challenges: freight transportation. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks move the goods that power our economy, delivering everything from food and consumer products to construction materials and industrial equipment. At the same time, these vehicles account for a disproportionate […]
Diesel Engine Innovations | Board Insights: Jim O’Brien
Hello Readers, I am James Patrick O’Brien and was recently elected to the IACT Board. I am honored by this opportunity and look forward to working with you as we continue advancing IACT’s vision. My background is in chemical safety, hazard assessment, and emergency management, with an emphasis on fuel chemistry. I worked for the […]