City of Miami Gardens: Modernizing an aging fleet with cost-saving services and smart technology

Background

Location: Miami Gardens, FL

Fleet Size: 350+ Vehicles

Industry: Municipal Services

THE CHALLENGE

Miami Gardens, a relatively new city incorporated in 2003, faced increasing costs and inefficiencies as its fleet aged. Maintaining over 350 vehicles – ranging from police cars to public works vehicles – had become an expensive and time-consuming challenge.

Craig Clay, Deputy City Manager, and Bernard Buxton-Tetteh, Public Works Director, knew they needed a solution to reduce rising maintenance costs, improve fleet efficiency, and ensure the safety of city staff, all while managing the growing demands of municipal services.

THE SOLUTION

The City of Miami Gardens partnered with Enterprise Fleet Management to modernize its aging fleet and reduce rising costs. Enterprise Fleet Management provided vehicle leasing, maintenance, and remarketing services – along with Geotab’s advanced telematics solutions – to deliver a fully integrated approach.

This partnership ensures that the data collected is not only available but also actionable. Through Enterprise Fleet Management’s client strategy manager, the city receives regular analysis of fleet data trends, enabling tailored action plans to optimize operations and stay lean. They receive added value from Geotab’s extended customer support team, which offers quarterly performance reviews to address issues before they arise and highlight opportunities for improvement.

With insights from telematics, including idling reports and automated alerts for unsafe driving, Miami Gardens has been able to make informed decisions to enhance performance and safety, lower insurance premiums, and reinvest gains from optimized vehicle cycling patterns.

This ongoing program management is what makes the Enterprise-Geotab partnership unique – combining the right tools with dedicated support to turn data into measurable results.

THE RESULTS

Leasing through Enterprise Fleet Management and integrating Geotab telematics has transformed how the City of Miami Gardens manages its fleet.

The city significantly cut idle time since implementing Geotab’s telematics program. At its peak, the fleet experienced 75% idle time, which has now dropped to 68%. These improvements translate to over $61,600 in annual fuel and operational cost savings, delivering an impressive 9X return on the program’s cost.

Through Enterprise’s resale program, they gained $1.1M in equity by taking advantage of the Enterprise Optimal Cycling patterns, allowing reinvestment into newer, more efficient models. The city has also leveraged real-time telematics data to improve driver safety, lower insurance premiums, and create a more accountable fleet operation.

In fact, Geotab’s telematics technology proved its value during an incident involving a Miami Gardens police officer who fell unconscious while on duty. Fleet managers quickly identified that the officer’s vehicle had been stationary for an unusual amount of time. Using the data, they pinpointed the vehicle’s location and relayed the information to first responders, who delivered life-saving assistance.

Enterprise and Geotab have transformed how we manage our fleet. I know there’s even more we can do with fleet data, and I’m encouraging our team to take full advantage of it for even greater efficiency.

Bernard Buxton-Tetteh, Public Works Director, City of Miami Gardens

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