Fleet Reduction and Special Initiatives

Verizon's Fleet in NJ has more than 6900 units. This includes 6400 vehicles and 500 trailers.

Verizon continues to analyze its need for fleet vehicles and has undertaken special initiatives to reduce fuel consumption beyond reducing fleet size.

Even though there has been an increase in number of miles driven and fuel consumption, Verizon has introduced a reduced idiling program throughout its footprint, including New Jersey.

There is a total of 100 Hybrid cars throughout the Verizon footprint.  Nineteen will be added to New Jersey's fleet by December 2007, which brings the total Hybrid fleet to 24.

Verizon has invested heavily in the development of a state-of-the art computer program for the assignment and routing of its service technicians. This system prioritizes customer needs, customer location and technician location on a constant basis and can route and re-route to achieve efficiencies. Using this system, all Verizon fleet vehicles, such as vans and bucket trucks, have computer terminals for work assignments and job routing. In addition, technicians also are able to communicate through the use of cell phones. This equipment allows for effective and efficient routing with the net effect of fuel conservation. In addition, most of these vehicles are now equipped with Global positioning Satellite (GPS) equipment. These units assist with driver efficiency in locating work assignments in an effective manner.