FITCHBURG, MA – The City of Sauk Rapids, Minn., has recently implemented Chevin Fleet Solutions' RoadBASE enterprise fleet management information system to gain control over rising fleet running costs while allowing real-time access to all of the fleet's disparate operating data.
Read More →AUSTIN, TEXAS – Seven employees working at the Fleet Services Center in East Austin, Texas, have been arrested and accused of altering inspection vehicle stickers.
Read More →ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Looking to tighten spending on its publicly-owned fleet, resort officials recently announced a recall of all vehicles belonging to employees who live outside city limits.
Read More →ST. JOHN'S, CANADA – Paul Mackey, director of public works for the City of St. John's, said its fleet of snowclearing equipment has been able to handle the stress caused by the early winter storms.
Read More →BOISE, IDAHO – Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed an executive order aimed at improving the fuel efficiency of Idaho's fleet of vehicles.
Read More →NEW YORK CITY – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that the city will reduce the number of parking placards issued to city workers by “at least 20 percent” as of Mar. 1.
Read More →BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Tri-State Biodiesel, Brooklyn's first major producer of biodiesel fuel, has reached an agreement with mobile grocer FreshDirect to provide its entire fleet of trucks with a clean-burning biodiesel fuel blend.
Read More →NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)recently signed an agreement with Onondaga County's Departments of Transportation and Water Environment Protection, that will thoroughly review environmental practices at vehicle maintenance facilities at East Molloy Road, Warners, Jamesville, and Marcellus, as well as its wastewater treatment plant in Syracuse, and take action to correct any deficiencies it finds.
Read More →JEFFERSONVILLE, IN – Former City Council candidate Mike Hutt and Councilman Keith Fetz have asked the Jeffersonville City Council to consider purchasing vehicles that are smaller, cheaper, and more fuel-efficient than traditional full-sized municipal cars.
Read More →COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The City of Colorado Springs needs to pump $32 million into new cars and trucks. A recent study concluded that 1,026 of the city's 1,939 vehicles — more than one for each of the city's 1,770 general fund employees — need replacing, city staff said in a memo to City Council.
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