MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
Public agencies, which purchase a significant number of large vehicles, can reduce traffic fatalities by buying vehicles with improved designs.
Connected-vehicle technology produces data fleet managers can use to inform utilization and rightsizing decisions.
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The City of Seattle plans to establish minimum utilization, reduce vehicle use, and right-size all vehicles as they come up for replacement.
From how to determine utilization to how to take away barely used vehicles, here’s what fleet managers can do to improve utilization and begin right-sizing their fleets.
From becoming a more environmentally friendly shop to increasing utilization and right-sizing vehicles, fleets can take a number of steps for a cleaner fleet and operation.
Establishing a motor pool for employee use rather than reimbursing for every trip can result in lower costs, higher utilization, and a more efficient fleet operation. But it has its limitations.
After an audit last year failed to get an accurate count of the state's fleet, West Virginia's new governor has vowed to examine state spending more closely. To start, Gov. Jim Justice is cutting five vehicles from his office.
A new report from the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) says the federal agency should eliminate 511 out of a total of 774 non-tactical vehicles in the department’s fleet.
The Sharon Herald reported that the State of Pennsylvania has reduced the size of its vehicle fleet by more than 16% but that it hasn’t been able to reduce the amount of gas purchased for business travel.