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April 21, 2008

UPS Alters Driving Routes and Saves 3 Million Gallons of Gas

By changing driving routes to include as few left and turns as possible, UPS is showing impressive savings.

I heard about this story last week and the numbers blew me away!  Here is the premise: Last year UPS changed all of their driving routes, so that drivers make virtually no left hand turns.  This eliminates idling time, saves fuel, and reduces risk from driving through oncoming traffic.

Here are a few of the stats:

  • Last year UPS saved 3 million gallons of gas
  • The company also reduced CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric tons (the equivalent of taking 5,300 passenger cars off the road for a year)

Pretty impressive changes for one company.

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