BOULDER CITY, NV – The Boulder City Fire Department is getting more than a half-million dollars in federal homeland security funds to buy a command post-hazardous materials vehicle, according to KESQ TV on August 4.
Read More →FITCHBURG, MA — Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) selected RoadBASE, by Chevin Fleet Solutions, to automate and streamline its maintenance control center process.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA — The Sacramento city parking division recently equipped two vehicles with infrared cameras that read license plates, a computer with a database of vehicles with unpaid parking tickets, and a global positioning system to help nab people who try to avoid tickets by moving their cars a few spots every few hours, according to the Sacramento Bee newspaper on August 1.
Read More →GREENVILLE, S.C. — Miami-Dade County is deploying the Datastream 7i Asset Performance Management solution to automate the management of facilities, fleets, and infrastructure across Southern Florida.
Read More →CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — The city of Corpus Christi is deploying Tropos Network's Wi-Fi system for use by the city-owned water and gas utilities, public works departments, and public-safety agencies to increase efficiency and improve communication, according to Government Technology magazine.
Read More →BONITA SPRINGS, FL — CSI Enterprises, Inc., Global-Fleet, a fleet fuel management/corporate fuel card provider and fleet fuel tax recovery company, announces it was awarded the state of Georgia contract on June 7 to perform fuel tax recovery services.
Read More →NARBERTH, PA — Waves of muddy water cresting at heights from four to seven feet swept parked cars from their driveways into Mill Creek — and took out the entire Narberth cruiser fleet while they were at it.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report on July 12 which has identified numerous instances where certain federal agencies were "retaining vehicles they did not need, with potential savings ranging from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars if these vehicles were eliminated."
Read More →DALLAS — The city of Richardson is at least $80,000, or 16 percent, over budget for fuel this year for its 672-vehicle fleet that is driven more than 6 million miles a year, said the city's finance director, Rosie Vela in an article in the Dallas Morning News on July 10.
Read More →MINNEAPOLIS, MN — For several weeks, customers filling their tanks at the diesel pump at the Apple Valley Marathon station have been getting a little soy-based fuel in the mix.
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