UPS Greens its Fleet With ‘Package Flow’

UPS has saved nearly three million gallons of gas and has reduced CO2 emissions by 31,000 metric tons by not turning left.

The New York Times recently reported on the company’s efforts to green its corporate fleet, which includes more than 95,000 trucks, by providing more efficient routes to their drivers so they can avoid idling in the left turn lane.

According to the NYT

The company employs what it calls a “package flow” software program, which among other hyperefficient practices involving the packing and sorting of its cargo, maps out routes for every one of its drivers, drastically reducing the number of left-hand turns they make (taking into consideration, of course, those instances where not to make the left-hand turn would result in a ridiculously circuitous route).

The result: UPS shaved 28.5 million miles off of its delivery routes saving gas, time money and alleviating the toll the delivery business takes on the environment. Pretty efficient green-thinking.

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