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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.
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The City of Atlanta, Ga., hopes to cut down on waste and boost its recycling efforts with data. The Public Works Department will begin a six-month pilot using a cloud-based technology platform from Rubicon Global to improve waste operations and provide route optimization for its trucks.
Read More →CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans to add 20 electric vehicles to the City fleet in the coming years, including four all-electric Ford Focus hatchbacks, 15 Smith Electric medium-duty trucks, and for now, one Motiv Power Systems all-electric refuse collection truck.
Read More →CHICAGO – The City of Chicago has ordered 550 WebTech WT5000 locators and associated fleet services for use in the city's Street and Sanitation Department's refuse trucks and SUVs. This new order brings the number of WebTech-enabled city vehicles to more than 1,700.
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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 →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.
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Marty Burr, performance manager for Rock Hill, S.C., said he’s focusing on transitioning the City’s 12 refuse vehicles over to CNG. He estimates savings in fuel costs will pay for the additional cost of CNG refuse trucks in about 14 months.
Read More →The City of San Diego has joined the growing list of West Coast fleets making the switch to renewable diesel. 900 of the city's heavy- and medium-duty vehicles will run on renewable diesel to start, including refuse trucks, construction equipment, and street sweepers.
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