Columbus, America’s Smart City, is a “smart” choice for NAFA’s I&E as well. It is a perfect place for NAFA fleet managers to converge and get inspired by the city’s reinvention of transportation to accelerate human progress. The city is demonstrating how safe, cleaner, and more equitable transportation options can create opportunities for its residents and prepare this region for…
Central Ohio’s chief of transit operations, Matt Allison, explains how several transportation initiatives and technologies are improving service to customers and reducing the area’s environmental footprint. Q: Why is Columbus focusing so much on accelerating its transportation initiatives? How are these initiatives preparing the city for the future? Allison: The Columbus Metropolitan Region is a population of about 2.4 million…
A new report by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) details a comprehensive plan to prevent crashes, fatalities, and injuries. The group also released results of a new poll that demonstrates widespread public concern about dangerous roadway behaviors and a strong desire for solutions. “The new NHTSA numbers are horrible,” Cathy Chase, president of the organization, told NAFA’s FLEETSolutions…
Fleet managers working on transitioning some or all of their fleets to electric vehicles may run into some pushback from management, colleagues, and drivers. Here, several EV experts respond to some of the most common misinformation about EVs. 1. The EV Timeline Whether you are adding a small handful of EVs to your fleet or undertaking a much larger transition,…
What can fleet managers do to boost their fleet’s reliability in 2022? The good news, says Bruce Wright, senior director of client analytics for Wheels, is that vehicles today are much more reliable and have a longer lifespan. But with that comes a higher point of sale, and when something breaks — like after a safety event — it costs…
Our worlds changed forever in 2020. Homes converted to our home-offices and Zoom became a substitute — not a supplement — for human contact. One thing the pandemic didn’t change? The principles of peak performance. To help fleet managers achieve their personal best in 2022, NAFA has announced that Scott Welle — #1 best-selling author and founder of Outperform The…
With the February 11th 100 Best Fleets contest deadline around the corner, NAFA is releasing new analysis of the content application data to help participants not only improve their success in the competition but also help encourage higher levels of performance across fleets in general. For over 20 years, the 100 Best Fleets contest has recognized North America’s most efficient…
In a letter sent to several members of Congress on Monday, NAFA CEO Bill Schankel asked key political leaders in the Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee to urge the FCC to extend the sunset of 3G wireless networks by telecommunications providers until December 2022. Later in the day, AT&T and Verizon announced…
In a mobility ecosystem, collaboration among all stakeholders is critical. Our responsibility to our regional partners and stakeholders — especially those we serve — is to make sure we know what their communities need. And our responsibility to our vehicle and tech providers is to communicate that information to them. Prior to developing a scope for vehicle procurements, the first…
In this ongoing coverage of 2021’s 100 Best Fleets, NAFA analyzes specific actions taken over the last year by the industry’s best-managed fleets.