UKIAH, CA – The City of Ukiah has bought four Toyota hybrid vehicles to add to its expanding alternative-fuel fleet.
Read More →CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA – Contra Costa County in Northern California estimates a savings of $30,000 annually once its 150-vehicle diesel fleet switches to biodiesel.
Read More →SALT LAKE CITY – Wright Express recently held its annual Government Fleet Advisory Board meeting in conjunction with the National Conference of State Fleet Administrators (NCSFA).
Read More →BOSTON – After a Daily News report on take-home municipal vehicles, the Massachusetts state inspector general is pushing more than a dozen local communities to impose strict standards over employees getting a taxpayer-fueled ride. The Office of the Inspector General is the state's watchdog agency empowered to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in government.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fairfax County employees are driving hundreds of vehicles across the county — or are swapping cars with those who drive more — to run up the odometers.
Read More →PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh must find more than $5 million by 2008 to pay a private company that manages the city's fleet, according to a city controller's audit.
Read More →OLYMPIA, WA – Longtime Olympia, Wash., resident, John Setina passed away at Providence St. Peter Hospital on Sept. 7, 2006.
Read More →NEW YORK – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is soon expected to propose requiring that all vehicles have electronic stability control (ESC) systems, which use brakes and engine power to keep a car from veering out of a driver's control.
Read More →PROVO, UT – On Sept. 16, the Utah County Public Works Department auctioned off 35 old county cars. The surplus vehicles auction allowed the public to bid on vehicles that were no longer used by Utah County employees.
Read More →KNOXVILLE, TN – Auctions held each month by the City of Knoxville feature vehicles seized in drug raids, DUI arrests, and those found abandoned on the streets.
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