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Green Fleetby StaffJanuary 6, 2011

City of Lincoln Settles Bad Diesel Shipment Lawsuit

LINCOLN, NE - The City of Lincoln agreed to settle a lawsuit for $40,000 over a shipment of bad soy diesel fuel believed to have damaged 25 City transit buses.

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Maintenanceby StaffJanuary 6, 2011

Berlenbach Moves to City of Phoenix

OXNARD, CA - Dan Berlenbach, fleet services manager for the City of Oxnard, has been appointed equipment maintenance superintendent for the City of Phoenix's Equipment Management Division. He will be replacing James Moody, who retired in 2010.

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MaintenanceJanuary 6, 2011

Dallas Provides Update on Fleet Improvements, Completes Audit

DALLAS - The Dallas City Council was given a Fleet Operations update during its meeting Jan 5. The briefing addressed how Fleet Services operates and included information fleet purchase, utilization, and inventory control. In addition, it listed fleet audit findings.

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Green Fleetby StaffJanuary 6, 2011

City of Greer Begins Natural Gas Vehicle Conversions

GREER, SC - Last week, the City of Greer unveiled two new vehicles, a Ford Fusion and Ford F-150, that had been converted to run on natural gas. Greer has set a goal of converting at least 15 percent of the City's fleet to operate on natural gas by 2020.

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Maintenanceby StaffJanuary 6, 2011

York Region, Ontario Selects AssetWorks’ Fleet Management Software Solution

WAYNE, PA - AssetWorks, a provider of fleet management software and automated fuel management systems, announced Jan. 5 that the Regional Municipality of York has contracted to implement FleetFocus to manage its fleet operations for Transit, Roads, EMS, and Police.

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Equipmentby StaffJanuary 5, 2011

New Terex AWP Eastern Distribution Center Begins Operation

REDMOND, WA - Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), a business segment of the Terex Corporation, announced that it is now distributing Genie parts and Terex utilities parts from the new Terex Distribution Center East. This 500,000 square foot distribution center is located in Southaven, Miss.

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Maintenanceby StaffJanuary 3, 2011

Arkansas House Officials Cease Commuting in State Vehicles

LITTLE ROCK, AR - Top officials in the Arkansas House of Representatives will no longer commute in state vehicles due to the recent focus on state vehicle use.

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Maintenanceby StaffJanuary 3, 2011

City of Oxnard Fleet Services Opens New Facilities

OXNARD, CA - City of Oxnard Councilman Bryan MacDonald and Karen Burnham, assistant city manager, cut the ribbons on two new Fleet Services facilities — a 3,200 sq. foot outside work awning and a 1,600 sq. foot parts store.

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Green Fleetby StaffJanuary 3, 2011

EPA Grant Funds Emission-Control Technology for Ohio Cities

COLUMBUS, OH - Nine fleets, eight of which are in the public sector, have partnered with the Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) to retrofit vehicles with diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs). The retrofits are made possible by a grant from the U.S. EPA, designed to clean up diesel fleets in Ohio.

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Maintenanceby StaffJanuary 3, 2011

DuPage County to Construct New Fleet Facility

WHEATON, IL - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Ill.'s Board of Commissioners recently approved plans to build a new 16-bay fleet building at Blackwell Forest Preserve in West Chicago.

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