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Pittsburgh Mayor Pushes for Fleet Consolidation

PITTSBURGH - In order to begin a fleet consolidation process, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has asked City Council to extend its contract with First Vehicle Services (FVS) up to six months so it ends when Allegheny County's separate contract with FVS ends.

Tags: Allegheny County, consolidation, First Vehicle Services, Pittsburgh, privatization

January 15, 2010 - Industry News

Pittsburgh & Allegheny County Consider Shared Fleet Services

PITTSBURGH - Sharing fleet services with Allegheny County is one possible cost-saving alternative for the City of Pittsburgh, which is looking to cut down expenses by performing vehicle repairs in-house.

Tags: Allegheny County, Maintenance, Pittsburgh, shared services

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Poor Fleet Management Can Kill

By Eric Bearly
In good times, your fleet operation can become an easy target for policy-makers trying to find money for pet projects. In hard times, the size of that target can grow out of control. When lifecycles are extended to extreme lengths, staff cuts go too deep, replacement funds are pilfered and logical fleet policy is replaced with uneducated number crunching, the results can be deadly.