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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 19, 2010

City Considers Adding Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations

LAWRENCE, KS - City of Lawrence commissioners at a recent meeting were asked to apply for up to $250,000 in federal stimulus funds that would create new fueling stations for electric-hybrid cars and also allow the City and Douglas County to add four new electric vehicles to their fleet.

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Telematicsby StaffAugust 16, 2010

Telogis Launches New Field Management Co-Location Report for Telogis Fleet

ALISO VIEJO, CA - Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, introduces the newest feature for its Telogis Fleet vehicle management application: the Field Management Co-Location Report. This new report breaks down the daily routine of field supervisors, including time spent at a jobsite, time spent driving, vehicle miles and time spent at other locations.

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Operationsby StaffAugust 16, 2010

City of Richardson Eliminates Car Allowances

RICHARDSON, TEXAS - The City of Richardson is eliminating car allowances for many city employees, instead increasing their salaries by an equal amount. Allowances will now be limited to those who require automobile use for their jobs.

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MaintenanceAugust 16, 2010

Budget Crunch Prevents New Orleans Vehicle Repairs

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Equipment Maintenance Division is allegedly housing dozens of unrepaired police cars and city vehicles due to the budget crisis. In some cases, they’ve sat there for months.

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Safetyby StaffAugust 16, 2010

Florida City Stalled on Cell Phone Use Policy

FERNANDINA BEACH, FL - Fernandina Beach city commissioners recently decided again to table a resolution to add a cell-phone use policy for city vehicles because the amendment wording wasn't strict enough.

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MaintenanceAugust 16, 2010

City Budget Constrains Fleet Hiring

OPELOUSAS, LA - The City of Opelousas adopted a standstill budget for the coming fiscal year that begins in September, which may include putting on hold the hiring of a fleet manager position by adopting a more stringent preventive maintenance policy.

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Maintenanceby StaffAugust 16, 2010

City of Rowlett Discusses Fleet Allocation

ROWLETT, TEXAS - The City of Rowlett council during a recent special budget workshop discussed its planned fleet acquisition strategy, addressing equipment age and shop size.

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Fuelby StaffAugust 11, 2010

Contra Costa County Sees Savings from Vehicle Use Limits

MARTINEZ, CA - Budget cuts in Contra Costa County have led to reduced use of county vehicles. Vehicles traveled 2,459,597 fewer miles last year, a decrease of nearly 21 percent from the year before.

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Telematicsby StaffAugust 11, 2010

World Food Programme Implements Web-Based Fleet Management System

ROME - The World Food Programme (WFP), a UN organization, is extending its long-term relationship with Chevin Fleet Solutions by implementing its web-based enterprise fleet management information system across all of the 82 countries in which the WFP operates.

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Telematicsby StaffAugust 11, 2010

Navman Wireless Releases ROI Calculator for Fleet Tracking

GLENVIEW, IL - Navman Wireless announced August 11 the availability of an interactive ROI calculator enabling fleet managers to instantly determine the potential savings of deploying the Navman Wireless OnlineAVL2 fleet tracking system in their particular organization.

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