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News•September 21, 2005

Phoenix Police Test Chevy Tahoes

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department is testing a dozen Chevrolet Tahoes, according to the Arizona Republic.

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News•September 21, 2005

Greenwich Fleet Department Technicians Receive Blue Seal of Excellence

GREENWICH, CT - The town of Greenwich fleet department technicians received the Blue Seal of Excellence Recognition, according to the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence program.

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News•September 21, 2005

U.S. Postal Service Places New Orders with I.D. Systems, Inc. for Wireless Vehicle Management Systems

HACKENSACK, NJ — I.D. Systems, Inc., a provider of RFID-based wireless asset tracking and management solutions, has received new orders from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to deploy the company's Wireless Asset Net-powered industrial vehicle management system at five additional USPS facilities.

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News•September 21, 2005

Gas Price Run Up Has Government Fleet Managers Reeling

SALEM, OR — Daniel Clem's gasoline bill was more than $905,000 last year. Clem is the fleet manager for Oregon's Department of Administrative Services, which is responsible for more than 3,000 vehicles assigned to various state agencies, according to the News-Register.

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News•September 14, 2005

Palm Beach County Fleet Management Division to Provide Fuel to FBI

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL — Palm Beach County Fleet Management Division entered in a three-year fuel purchase agreement with the FBI, with a five-year option to renew the agreement. The FBI office located in Palm Beach County was looking for ways to cut its fuel cost and contacted the county inquiring about purchasing fuel from their 13 fuel sites.

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News•September 14, 2005

Boston Mayor Vows to Say Goodbye to Guzzlers in City Fleet

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently test-drove a hybrid SUV around Government Plaza to promote the city's planned mass conversion to a more fuel-efficient fleet of cars.

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News•September 14, 2005

Monmouth County, NJ Reduces Number of Take-Home Cars

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — As a result of the rise in gasoline costs, 69 Monmouth County employees, including most department heads, will no longer be permitted to use all-expenses-paid county vehicles to commute to work.

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News•September 14, 2005

Mercury Associates Announces Appointment of VP

GAITHERSBURG, MD — Mercury Associates, Inc., the fleet, travel, and relocation management consulting firm based in Gaithersburg, appointed Stephen W. Burnett as associate vice president in the firm's fleet management consulting practice.

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News•September 14, 2005

Freightliner to Transfer Ownership of Fire and Emergency Vehicle Operation

LADSON, SC — Freightliner LLC intends to divest its American LaFrance (ALF) fire and emergency services manufacturing business unit. Based in Ladson, ALF was acquired by the Freightliner organization in 1995 as part of a corporate expansion.

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News•September 7, 2005

With Higher Gas Prices, Cities Limit Take-Home Cars

INDIANAPOLIS — Many small-town governments are looking hard at their fleet expenditures to ease strained budgets due to pump pains. One way to cut costs is to limit city employees from taking home fleet vehicles, according to news reports.

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