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Step Up, Mayors. Offer Preferred Parking

If you have a hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicle registered in the city of New Haven, CT, you can park it free at any meter in town. When New Haven passed this ordinance two summers ago, it was the first city to do so in New England and fourth in the country, following Los Angeles, Albuquerque, and San Jose. Residents need to stop by City Hall to pick up stickers for their vehicles. That's the deal.

Meanwhile, New Haven city buses use ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, and the city is gradually converting its bus fleet to hybrid power.

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