Citizens Against Government Waste #5 - www.cagw.org
Perhaps the Ventura County Transportation Commission could call the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The BSA found that the CHP wasted $1 million to buy 51 vans, then used all but five sparingly over the course of two years.18 The audit found that 46 of the 51 vans sat almost entirely idle, and were parked outside on CHP property. These vans had been driven a cumulative total of 401 miles—an average of nine miles per van.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Why Not Use Inmates?
Citizens Against Government Waste #8 - www.cagw.org
Santa Clara County spends about $60,000/year to have a private company wash 1,700 county
vehicles. Costs total $6.50 per car, $8 per truck and $15.95 for oversized vehicles that can’t fit
through an automated wash.15 There is no justification for the expensive outsourcing, when the
tasks could be performed by inmates or those doing community service.
Santa Clara County spends about $60,000/year to have a private company wash 1,700 county
vehicles. Costs total $6.50 per car, $8 per truck and $15.95 for oversized vehicles that can’t fit
through an automated wash.15 There is no justification for the expensive outsourcing, when the
tasks could be performed by inmates or those doing community service.
Buses That Cost 50 Times More!
Citizens Against Government Waste #9 - www.cagw.org
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has purchased three zero-emission hydrogen buses whose operating costs appear to be exceeding their effectiveness.13 In fact, the VTA has determined that these buses cost more than $51/mile to fuel and maintain, compared to $1.61/mile to operate a diesel bus. Despite taxpayers being on the hook for the hydrogen buses, the California Air Resources Board is poised to spend $36 million in 2009 to expand the program statewide. This is an effort to meet yet another costly mandate that large transportation agencies must have 15 percent of their fleets comprised of zero emission buses by 2012.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has purchased three zero-emission hydrogen buses whose operating costs appear to be exceeding their effectiveness.13 In fact, the VTA has determined that these buses cost more than $51/mile to fuel and maintain, compared to $1.61/mile to operate a diesel bus. Despite taxpayers being on the hook for the hydrogen buses, the California Air Resources Board is poised to spend $36 million in 2009 to expand the program statewide. This is an effort to meet yet another costly mandate that large transportation agencies must have 15 percent of their fleets comprised of zero emission buses by 2012.
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