After the storm: NYC fleets and the post-Hurricane Sandy fuels crisis

Nov. 5, 2012 - Emergency and essential fueling operations: Ambulances and Access-a-Ride line for fuel at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 5, 2012 - Fuel tanker pumping into a National Guard tank at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 5, 2012 - School buses lining up at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 5, 2012 - School bus being fueled by National Guard and inspected by DOE at Floyd Bennett Field.(Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 6, 2012 - National Guard trucks, fuel tankers and school buses at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 6, 2012 - National Guard truck and school bus at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 6, 2012 - Ambulances and school bus line at night at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 6, 2012 - Ambulances and utility companies waiting for fuel at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 7, 2012 - School bus line for fuel at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 7, 2012 - National Guard fueling school buses at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 7, 2012 - National Guard dispensing fuel at Floyd Bennett Field during the Nor'easter that followed in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 11, 2012 - National Guard filling gas cans at Citgo Station in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 13, 2012 - National Guard filling gas cans at Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Nov. 13, 2012 - Line for gas at Floyd Bennett Field. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

Under the city's fleet resiliency improvement program, a number of solar-powered light towers have been added. While these units cannot provide light all night long, they eliminate emissions and the need to have personnel fuel and program them. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

An FDNY fuel tanker truck. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)

The city has bolstered its emergency power generating capabilities, including by adding more large units like this 1-megawatt generator housed in a trailer. (Photo courtesy NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services)