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CRANSTON, RI — What started as a one-time goodwill gesture has become a pattern of giving, as the city continues to donate old fire trucks and vans to volunteer firefighters in Guatemala for use as much-needed rescue vehicles, according to the Providence Journal newspaper.
Read More →HERSHEY, PA – Pennsylvania's Cooperative Sourcing to Achieve Reductions in Spend (COSTARS) program, created in 2004, is helping local governments save money. COSTARS helps reduce the cost of state government by giving municipalities the option to “piggyback” state contracts and buy products — such as motor oil, loaders, backhoes, and trucks — at a reduced price. COSTARS includes 260 state contracts for supplies, services, or equipment.
Read More →CLEARWATER, FL - Clearwater City Council voted last week to build the Tampa Bay area's first natural gas fueling station. The station's first users will be City garbage trucks that will be converted to run on natural gas, although the station will be open to the public.
Read More →TREVOSE, PA – The City of Inglewood, Calif., has selected The CEI Group, Inc. (CEI) to provide collision management services for the city's 600-vehicle fleet, including civilian sedans, police cruisers, pickup, and medium-duty trucks. Katherine Croze, CEI national manager, government accounts, secured the agreement for services.
Read More →Enterprise Holdings announced that Nate Lattimer is the new vice president of remarketing sales and operations for the company’s Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent A Car brands, as well as its Enterprise Commercial Trucks business and Enterprise Fleet Management affiliate.
Read More →HILTON HEAD, SC – The fleet of aging water-pumping trucks Hilton Head Island in South Carolina uses to fight fires could be on its way out next year, replaced with brand new vehicles that might include cutting-edge foam-spraying technology.
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released a report based on the results of an RFID trial at Newark Liberty International Airport intended to track baggage-loaders, fueling trucks, and other maintenance vehicles as they travel around 20 to 30 percent of the airport's roadways and approach airplanes.
Read More →SAN PEDRO, CA - Los Angeles' green technology sector takes a heavy-duty roll with the grand opening of a manufacturing facility in Harbor City that will begin producing fleets of clean, all-electric, heavy-duty trucks capable of hauling 30-ton shipping containers in and around the San Pedro Bay port complex.
Read More →GALESBURG, IL – State Rep. Mike Boland, D–East Moline, wants municipalities to support alternative fuels. He recently spoke about legislation he is introducing that would require city governments to buy flex fuel, biodiesel, or hybrid cars or trucks when buying new vehicles.
Read More →DURHAM, NC – The Durham, N.C., City Council has been told by an independent consultant that almost half of the city fleet of 1,353 cars and trucks is overdue for replacement and officials should buy $11.5 million worth of new vehicles in the coming fiscal year to reduce the backlog, according to The Herald-Sun newspaper.
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