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CitySprint Beats Former F1 World Champion
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...And is shortlisted for Transport for London award for second year running.
CitySprint has been shortlisted for the Transport for London (TfL) private sector ‘Capital Fleet of the Year’ award for the second year running following its victory in the GreenFleet Capital Fuel Challenge on Thursday 31st July.
The GreenFleet Capital Fuel Challenge, which is sponsored by Transport for London and was started by Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes, featured public and private sector fleets competing to demonstrate who’s the cleanest and greenest in and around London. Each participant set off on a 24-mile trip across London and had to stop off and register at four checkpoints across town before finally finishing at Horse Guards Parade.
The aim of the event was to complete the route using minimum carbon emissions rather than in the fastest time. Based on this criteria CitySprint beat Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill, who was racing in an electric sports car, and all other competitors who took part. CitySprint entered two vehicles from its environmentally friendly fleet into the challenge – a Vectrix electric motorbike and a Smith Edison electric van. CitySprint’s Vectrix bike was ranked first, and its Smith Edison van second, for completing the challenge with the least carbon emissions. However, although CitySprint came first and second, each company who participated in the challenge can only be listed in the official top five once. Therefore CitySprint has been ranked first in the top five and, along with the top five participants, is now in the running to win the coveted TfL private sector ‘Capital Fleet of the Year’ Award for demonstrating environmental fleet awareness in London.
Last year CitySprint beat off stiff competition and was crowned winner of the title after winning the 2007 GreenFleet Capital Fuel Challenge and impressing judges with details of its environmental programme and ‘green’ fleet. CitySprint is confident that major advances with its environmental programme over the last year will impress judges again and that they will be victorious for a second year running.
As the UK’s largest privately owned SameDay Courier business CitySprint recognises that the provision of its courier services have an impact on the environment and it has worked hard to implement a comprehensive environmental programme in order to minimise that impact.
As part of its environmental programme CitySprint continuously looks for new vehicle options and innovative solutions which are both environmentally friendly and commercially viable. CitySprint does not charge clients a premium for using green vehicle options and in many cases they are provided at a reduced cost. CitySprint’s environmentally friendly fleet includes pushbikes, CityTrikes (human powered vehicles), electric vehicles, Smart Cars and alternative fuel vehicles. CitySprint has also taken its environmental programme one step further by developing an external programme which offers clients the opportunity to assess and reduce their own carbon footprint.
CitySprint will attend the GreenFleet Awards at Twickenham on the 25th September and, along with the other finalists, make a presentation live on stage to an X-Factor style panel of judges to explain why CitySprint deserves to win the TfL award. The panel will then score each presentation, and the audience will get a chance to vote for which entry they think should win. The Winners will be announced in the evening, at the official GreenFleet Awards Ceremony.
The GreenFleet Capital Fuel Challenge, which is sponsored by Transport for London and was started by Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes, featured public and private sector fleets competing to demonstrate who’s the cleanest and greenest in and around London. Each participant set off on a 24-mile trip across London and had to stop off and register at four checkpoints across town before finally finishing at Horse Guards Parade.
The aim of the event was to complete the route using minimum carbon emissions rather than in the fastest time. Based on this criteria CitySprint beat Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill, who was racing in an electric sports car, and all other competitors who took part. CitySprint entered two vehicles from its environmentally friendly fleet into the challenge – a Vectrix electric motorbike and a Smith Edison electric van. CitySprint’s Vectrix bike was ranked first, and its Smith Edison van second, for completing the challenge with the least carbon emissions. However, although CitySprint came first and second, each company who participated in the challenge can only be listed in the official top five once. Therefore CitySprint has been ranked first in the top five and, along with the top five participants, is now in the running to win the coveted TfL private sector ‘Capital Fleet of the Year’ Award for demonstrating environmental fleet awareness in London.
Last year CitySprint beat off stiff competition and was crowned winner of the title after winning the 2007 GreenFleet Capital Fuel Challenge and impressing judges with details of its environmental programme and ‘green’ fleet. CitySprint is confident that major advances with its environmental programme over the last year will impress judges again and that they will be victorious for a second year running.
As the UK’s largest privately owned SameDay Courier business CitySprint recognises that the provision of its courier services have an impact on the environment and it has worked hard to implement a comprehensive environmental programme in order to minimise that impact.
As part of its environmental programme CitySprint continuously looks for new vehicle options and innovative solutions which are both environmentally friendly and commercially viable. CitySprint does not charge clients a premium for using green vehicle options and in many cases they are provided at a reduced cost. CitySprint’s environmentally friendly fleet includes pushbikes, CityTrikes (human powered vehicles), electric vehicles, Smart Cars and alternative fuel vehicles. CitySprint has also taken its environmental programme one step further by developing an external programme which offers clients the opportunity to assess and reduce their own carbon footprint.
CitySprint will attend the GreenFleet Awards at Twickenham on the 25th September and, along with the other finalists, make a presentation live on stage to an X-Factor style panel of judges to explain why CitySprint deserves to win the TfL award. The panel will then score each presentation, and the audience will get a chance to vote for which entry they think should win. The Winners will be announced in the evening, at the official GreenFleet Awards Ceremony.
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