Arizona Transportation Department Saves $6M Managing State Vehicle Fleets
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) took over the management of fleet vehicles last year for more than 60 state agencies, a move that has saved the state more than $6 million.
“The fleet consolidation effort is a win-win for taxpayers and the state,” ADOT Director John Halikowski said. “We are already witnessing savings by reducing the size of the state’s fleet, ordering in bulk, and selling vehicles online. We are creating uniform guidelines and processes that will maximize resources and provide improved service to customers.”
What You Need to Know When Electrifying Your Fleet
By Hari Nayar, VP, Fleet Electrification & Sustainability, Merchants Fleet
The electric vehicle revolution is here, and it will only grow in popularity.
Many businesses have started their fleet electrification process or are in the planning stages. Every fleet can benefit from electrification, regardless of size, industry, or location. Electric vehicle manufacturing has grown evolution exponentially in the past few years and now includes cars, cargo vans, trucks, crossovers, and more.
Fleet electrification can seem daunting since it’s such an important practice, but it doesn’t have to be.
Pandemic Road Rage Is Experiencing An ‘Explosion’
For all the money we, as a nation, spend on policing, you might think we’d have things like “databases on violent and deadly crime,” but you’d be wrong!
Last month, a woman driving with her dog shot and wounded another motorist in Oklahoma City. In Miami, a man fired 11 shots from his car on Interstate 95 in what he has said was self-defense. A Los Angeles couple is set to stand trial for firing into a car during morning rush hour last year, killing a 6-year-old boy on his way to kindergarten.
Criminologists cautioned that any theory of motivation behind road rage shootings is hampered by a lack of data. Most police departments do not keep statistics on road rage episodes, in part because it is not itself a crime category.
No Parking: Updating Infrastructure to Fix Driver Shortage, Supply Chain Delays in the Long Term
By Fred Fakkema, Vice President of Safety & Compliance at Zonar Systems
America’s record-breaking shortage of 80,000 truck drivers isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.
Myriad contributing factors, including the demographic (primarily age and gender) of the current workforce, the sometimes-inflexible trucking lifestyle, and pay concerns have taken a front seat to the discussion.
Infrastructure hasn’t necessarily been at the heart of the driver shortage conversation. However, for an issue that has been around for years and has no immediate end in sight, longer-term solutions must be considered in tandem with the more immediate fixes outlined in the Trucking Action Plan. Addressing trucking’s decades-old infrastructure issue is among those long-term necessities.
Logistics, AI and Vehicle Transport
Draiver’s software and logistics use AI to coordinate drivers and vehicles with maximum efficiency, which is great when you have vehicles that need to be moved rather quickly.
