PITTSBURGH – The Allegheny County Department of Public Works is closing one of its fleet garages, which houses County motor pool and sheriff’s department vehicles, due to structural problems.
Read More →LAS VEGAS - Clark County began phasing out the use of lead weights in 2009 while participating in the EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities Program.
Read More →FREDERICK, MD - Frederick County eliminated the Management Services Division, which oversaw Fleet. Fleet will now function under the Division of Public Works, and no other changes to the Department are anticipated at this time.
Read More →MADISON, WI – Dane County, Wis., received the EPA’s 2011 Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Project of the Year award for its efforts to fuel County vehicles with compressed natural gas (CNG).
Read More →CHARLESTON, WV - Kanawha County set aside $50,000 to further the development of natural gas vehicles and is looking to convert County fleet vehicles to natural gas, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.
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Fleet managers and off-road equipment manufacturers say technological advances and design improvements are helping raise the standard for maintenance. These fleet professionals offer their equipment maintenance tips.
Read More →KINGSTON, PA – The Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) in Pennsylvania is in discussions with UGI Penn Natural Gas to build a compressed natural gas refueling station in Forty Fort to fuel a fleet of about 60 CNG vans, the Times Leader reported.
Read More →ANNAPOLIS, MD - Part of the reasons for the change is that the County’s facility was built to accommodate 150 vehicles. The current fire fleet’s size is 291 vehicles.
Read More →ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Bernalillo County has installed GPS tracking units on 200 fleet vehicles and plans to have them in 700 county vehicles, according to KASA.
Read More →TUCSON, AZ – Pima County, Ariz., is in the middle of rolling out GPS devices across its fleet and expects to see savings from better routing, idle control, and improved safety.
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