Ways to increase efficiency — of vehicles, of drivers and of fuel — will continue to be a priority of fleet managers nationwide in 2017. Two things that are driving this continuing trend are finances and the environment. Telematics will … Continue reading →
One of the most important parts of running any business is assessing the risks and finding ways to manage said risks. When it comes to managing an entire fleet this can become even more difficult. Many cities have begun to … Continue reading →
To maintain a full range of vehicles, turn to the company with a full range of lifts. Municipal fleet managers are challenged with maintaining an incredibly broad range of vehicles, from cars, pickup trucks and vans to buses, fire trucks … Continue reading →
People tend to use the phrase “playing politics” distastefully; maybe that’s because anytime rank, title and concerns about the “greater good” come up in a conversation, you know the job’s about to become difficult. But managers of centralized municipal fleets … Continue reading →
In the world of fleet management, the issue of the centralization vs. decentralization raises its head cyclically. Over the past couple of decades many municipalities have centralized support services, including IT, procurement, finance and accounting — even facilities. Fleet has … Continue reading →
A favorite quote of Joseph Clark, fleet management director for the city of Durham, N.C., is from the French poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” With the city’s blessing, Clark puts that motivating … Continue reading →
By CHRISTIE PELLETIER and JASON ALLAN | Guest columnists On April 14, the city of Edmonton’s Fleet Services Branch received the 2015 North American Fleet Association Flexy Award for Excellence in Public Fleet Safety. The NAFA Flexy Awards recognize organizations … Continue reading →
By CHRISTOPHER LYON | NTEA — The Association for the Work Truck Industry Because a typical vocational fleet spends a large portion of its total operating budget on energy/fuel, fleet managers are always looking to reduce energy costs. There are … Continue reading →
Ann Arbor was featured in 2012 as a “Clean Cities Success Story: Michigan Green Fleets” on the website of MotorWeek magazine. The spotlight explained how, starting in 2004, the city’s Green Fleets Project established a goal of reducing the municipal … Continue reading →
The March edition of The Municipal is one in which we pay special attention to issues of fleet service and management. But in late January, as I tapped out a few relevant thoughts, states on and near the eastern seaboard … Continue reading →
Registration open for North America’s largest work truck event FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Oct. 19, 2015) — There are plenty of processes a fleet manager can measure, but properly leveraging the resulting data to improve productivity is not always easy. That’s … Continue reading →
