In the last two years, NYC Fleet has implemented a project to test the effectiveness, longevity, and performance of tires made substantially of soybean oil.
Side-guards are inexpensive and common-sense protections to help keep pedestrians from being caught in the gap of a truck and badly hurt or killed, according to the city.
New York City fleet agencies are teaming up ensure its ambulance fleet is keeping up with additional work during the pandemic, including shifting mechanics to work on ambulances, ensuring vehicle cleaning, and implementing mobile fueling.
New York City and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have partnered to bring 250 more ambulances to New York City.
New York Fire Department auto mechanic James Villecco, 55, has died from the COVID-19 virus, and and many other city fleet staff and mechanics are battling COVID-19.
Early in 2020, Mack Trucks handed the keys to its first fully electric refuse truck to the New York City Department of Sanitation. Equipment Editor Jim Park gives us a tour of the truck and a few early driving impressions.
The COVID-19 virus has continued to spread, and fleet organizations across the nation are reacting. Here’s how a few public fleet organizations are handling the crisis.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed an executive order stating that New York City will have a 100% electric fleet by 2040.
Mack makes a major move into the electric truck market on the streets of New York City.
Five vehicles that serve the South Bronx in New York City will be equipped with sensors that collect air quality data.