July 1, 2024. This year, around 20 waste collection vehicles equipped with Allison fully automatic transmissions join the City of Paris’ fleet of cleaning vehicles.
With six garages spread across Paris and 700 drivers, the Mechanical Means Section is responsible for driving and maintaining waste collection and road cleaning vehicles in ten of Paris’ twenty districts, with the remaining being subcontracted.
The Paris Technical Cleanliness Service has 374 vehicles, from 12 to 26 tonnes, all running on Bio-NGV, the renewable and low-carbon version of natural gas for vehicles (NGV), with Allison fully automatic transmissions. The fleet includes waste collection, street cleaning, sweepers and multi-purpose rigid vehicles.
As one of the largest metropolises in Europe, the City of Paris must remain at the forefront of innovation. Its Testing and Innovation Unit thus monitors technology and has been testing new equipment and technologies that can serve the city for several decades, according to strictly defined protocols and tests.
For the City of Paris, the challenge is also to ensure technical resources are of the highest caliber and to maximize vehicle uptime. In addition to regular investments to renew the fleet, the city is heavily involved in optimizing its maintenance.
“We are used to important events like the Paris marathon, the music festival or the Rugby World Cup,” said Daniel Le Parc, head of the Expertise and Training Unit. “With the Olympic Games this summer, the use of our vehicles will be very intensive, and we must be able to count on them at all times. It is therefore important for us to choose the right equipment and optimize its management.”
