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Safetyby StaffAugust 9, 2010

Police Car Fire Damages Nine Other City Vehicles

MUNCIE, IN - A case of spontaneous police car combustion filled the Muncie Police Department's garage with thick, black smoke on the night of August 4, damaging nine other vehicles inside the garage.

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Operationsby StaffAugust 9, 2010

Governor Orders Review of Arkansas Fleet

LITTLE ROCK, AR - Gov. Mike Beebe wants a detailed review of all the vehicles in the state's 8,653-vehicle fleet, nearly 2,000 of which are used for commuting.

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Fuelby StaffAugust 9, 2010

Albuquerque Announces New Take-Home Police Vehicle Policy

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Albuquerque Police Department has a new policy: Officers living outside city limits will no longer be able to take their police cars home.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 9, 2010

Mississippi State University Receives $1 Million Clean Diesel Grant

ATLANTA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, presented the Mississippi State University Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems with a $1,083,595 grant award to help reduce diesel emissions associated with freight movement throughout the southeast.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 9, 2010

SANBAG and Ryder Begin Natural Gas Truck Rental and Leasing Project

MIAMI - San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) has entered into an agreement with commercial transportation and logistics provider Ryder System, Inc., and other project partners, to implement a heavy-duty natural gas truck rental and leasing project in Southern California locations.

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Operationsby StaffAugust 9, 2010

City of Richlands Contracts with Sparta Commercial’s Municipal Lease Program

The City of Richlands has become the most recent local government to contract with Sparta Commercial Services, Inc.’s nationwide Municipal Lease Program as it adds to its fleet of police cruisers.

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Safetyby StaffAugust 9, 2010

Memphis Fleet Services Employees to Get Pensions

MEMPHIS, TN - Fleet Services administrator Arthur Adams and three other General Services employees who have retired or resigned while they were under investigation by the City of Memphis for the way Fleet Services was operated, including a contract with a tire-repair company the FBI is investigating, have had their pensions approved by the city pension board.

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Fuelby StaffAugust 9, 2010

City of Commerce Opens Natural Gas Fueling Station

COMMERCE, CA - The City of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting grand opening celebration for its new CNG/LNG fueling station on August 5. That station will be used to fuel the city’s fleet of natural gas vehicles, including seven full-size transit buses, four paratransit vans, and two smaller fleet vehicles. In addition, it will service LNG port trucks and will be open to the general public 24 hours per day.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 5, 2010

Minnesota State Vehicles Increase E-85 Use by 25%

SAINT PAUL, MN - Minnesota’s state agencies increased their use of cleaner-burning E-85 fuel by 25 percent to 437,063 gallons during the first half of 2010, part of their effort to reduce petroleum use.

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Green Fleetby StaffAugust 5, 2010

NAFA Forms CARB Advisory Council

PRINCETON, NJ - The Association has formed the NAFA CARB Advisory Council, a new sub-committee of NAFA's Fuels & Technology Advisory Council, to provide input to both NAFA and the Air Resources Board on regulatory matters that impact fleet managers in California.

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