When Miami’s fleet team began tackling its aging operation, the biggest problem was hard to miss. Some solid waste trucks designed for an eight- to 10-year useful life were still working at 17. Police vehicles expected to serve about…
Fleet budgets can bring new meaning to the popular phrase, “The math ain’t mathin’.” When your presentation to finance doesn’t tell the full story, the numbers won’t add up, and finance will cut or trim your replacement budget. This…
Robert Martinez climbed the career ladder and then kept building a bigger one. In his nearly 40 years with the New York City Police Department, he advanced from mechanic to Director of the Fleet Services Division to Deputy…
Springdale Township struck out trying to secure lower-cost road salt, and fleet and public works managers elsewhere may face the same problem. The story points to supply and pricing pressures that could squeeze winter maintenance…
There is more to writing a vehicle specification than listing horsepower, payload, dimensions and power. The best spec writers approach the job like detectives. They ask operators what they need, technicians what they can support and…
The General Services Administration has identified $13 billion in suspected procurement fraud in collaboration with a White House task force, marking the largest such finding in agency history.
Strategies to protect your fleet budget before cuts arrive.
