CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET

This article describes how Derbyshire County Council's fleet of transport and municipal vehicles is managed as a competitive enterprise. Derbyshir e has excellent road communications and proximity to its markets. It has a varied and challenging topography, which demands varied and versatile transport services. As a result, the county has a fleet of about 2200 vehicles, whose annual management budget is 6.5 million pounds. The county's small community aspect has led to excellent community transport, which is closely associated with its fleet management team. Derbyshire's transport department has three parts: (1) the public transport unit, to promote public transport in the county and links across county boundaries; (2) fleet management, which specifies and purchases vehicles and plant, then leases them to county operating departments; (3) engineering, which competes for and often wins contracts for county maintenance work. The fleet management sector, with a staff of six, acts as a conventional contract hire department, and provides vehicles for a wide range of county services. Supported by engineering, its package includes specialist design, discount negotiation, purchase, full contract hire with insurance, and maintenance and agreed replacement as appropriate. County departments are treated like valued customers, and the system is easily able to serve non-county-council customers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Hemming Group, Limited

  32 Vauxhall Bridge Road
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1V 2SS
• Authors:
  • THOMSON, A
• Publication Date: 1993-11-18

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 14-5
• Serial:
  • SURVEYOR
  • Volume: 180
  • Issue Number: 5268
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0039-6303

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Costs; Local government agencies; Planning; Policy; Public transit
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 224: Cost; 192: Local authority; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00663348
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 24 1994 12:00AM