Right turns deliver gas savings. Just ask UPS

202054 Resource 107524 107631 107631 1208794874081 1208794595358 Controlled 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:<ul><li>Last year UPS saved 3 million gallons of gas</li><li>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)</li></ul>Pretty impressive changes for one company. 9 application/xml false CO2 driving UPS Right turns deliver gas savings. Just ask UPS Here's how to cut gas costs, help the environment and feel like a UPS driver (minus the brown pants) - Stay out of the left turn lane. http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0413_ups_d_rapr13,0,907465.story UPS Experts Offer Tips for Better Gas Mileage With a fleet of 94,500 vehicles on the road each day, drivers can learn a thing or two from UPS's fuel conservation practices. http://pressroom.ups.com/mediakits/factsheet/0,1889,1314,00.html Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; InfoPath.2) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cdarwin 74.202.198.130 false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107524 blog blogsite/Enviance/web