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posed with langley truckGreening a fleet often starts with implementing measures that have a direct impact on reducing costs and emissions.  These policies also have other benefits such as:

  • Increased customer satisfaction
  • Higher driver satisfaction/health
  • Better public acceptance
  • Increased profitability and/or uptime

Three measures that have minimum or zero capital costs include idling-reduction, setting maximum road speeds and driver training.

A key aspect to implementing green solutions is data about vehicle operations.  Information management systems, whether simple or sophisticated, enable a fleet to measure and report on effectiveness.  These systems allow a fleet to answer the question – Just how green is your fleet?