EPA Calls for Trucks, Buses To Be Smoke-Free by 2007

E-COMMERCE System Offers REAL-TIME DATA in Secure Environment

Lease Plan is set to release ePlan, which allows fleet managers and drivers real-time access to comprehensive fleet data over the Internet. Several features have been implemented to keep information out of the wrong hands.

Driver Engineering: All State's Fleet Safety Program

At Allstate's Home Office in Northbrook, Ill., Safety Director Don Costa knew that other large companies having crash problems similar to Allstate's had solved them through comprehensive driving courses.

Ed Bobit: Future Role of Fleet Management

Moving the traditional fleet management function outside the company is really delegating the "responsibility" to a third party who is at a disadvantage in not being a part of a firm' s corporate culture, its strategic objectives, nor can provide the same degree of involvement as a hands-on fleet manager.

CNG: The Ideal Transportation Fuel

Compressed natural gas is a promising alternative to gas. However, there are obstacles preventing its widespread use. Niagara Mohawk, a New York utility, has been working hard to eliminate these obstacles.

GM's Electric Van

What has four wheels, runs on pennies a day, needs no gasoline, and is virtually maintenance-free? The answer: an electric van. Fleet professionals at United Airlines have been quick to recognize its potential.

Company Cars For All

Michigan car T-top firm gives new cars to all employees.

Editor's Page

My father hands me a file on "safety and emissions" and briefly explains that no one wants to read or hear about it, soI should write it to wake our readers up. Now that is a heavy assignment.

Ed Bobit's Publisher's Page

For openers, George Bernard Shaw once said . . . "You see things and say—why. But I dream things that never were, and I say—why not."

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