Gas Prices Put Brakes On Government Fleets USA (wgvu) - UNDATED (AP) - The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., is turning in his
city-issued sport utility vehicle and buying a smaller car.
Deputies in six Ohio villages are getting around on golf carts
and a three-wheel scooter.
States, counties and cities struggling to absorb four
dollar-a-gallon gasoline at a time of widening budget problems are
employing those and other energy-saving tactics.
A survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors shows nearly a quarter
of the nation's mayors have cut services this year to make up for
higher fuel costs.
The federal government reports that federal, state and local
government vehicles consumed more than two billion gallons of
gasoline in 2006.
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