Name
Eric Richardson
Job Title
Deputy Chief Fleet Officer
Company
City of New York-NYC Fleet
Speaker Bio
Eric Richardson is the New York City Deputy Chief Fleet Officer at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS)/NYC Fleet and has worked in his current role for the last 11 years and with DCAS for more than 22 years.
Mr. Richardson serves as the liaison for DCAS to Mayor Adams’ Vision Zero Task Force and works in his role to implement the Vision Zero goals for New York City Fleet including the rollout of a citywide telematics system, the implementation of the Fleet Office of Realtime Tracking (FORT), managing the city’s defensive driving program, and administering the New York City Safe Fleet Transition Plan (SFTP). He has also led efforts with the United States DOT Volpe Center on creating Safe Fleet Transition Plans for trade waste and private school bus companies.
Under his leadership NYC has rolled out the largest truck sideguard program in North America on more than 4,000 trucks and Mr. Richardson provided input into Local Law 108 of 2021 requiring sideguards on city contracted fleets as well.
The city fleet has also rolled out live telematics across all city agencies integrating both citywide and agency specific systems into one common platform consisting over 18,000 on road city vehicles as well as thousands of pieces of off road equipment. Mr. Richardson also works with the NYC Department of Education regarding their rollout of telematics to the entire contracted school bus fleet of over 10,000 buses, on the creation of safety reporting, and training of school bus drivers.
Currently he is working to lead the largest municipal intelligent speed assist (ISA) pilot in the country with 300 vehicles installed and with grant funding from SS4A increasing this to at least 2,000 over the coming year. This rollout includes 14 different vehicle types from sedans to collection trucks and includes school buses in a partnership with NYCSBUS.
Eric works on creating partnerships across other government fleets, non-profit organizations, and advocacy groups to encourage best practices for professional vehicle fleets and drivers and is a member of the Together for Safer Roads (TSR) Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety. He is also the 2023 awardee of the American Automotive Leasing Association (AALA) Fleet Safety Award.
Mr. Richardson serves as the liaison for DCAS to Mayor Adams’ Vision Zero Task Force and works in his role to implement the Vision Zero goals for New York City Fleet including the rollout of a citywide telematics system, the implementation of the Fleet Office of Realtime Tracking (FORT), managing the city’s defensive driving program, and administering the New York City Safe Fleet Transition Plan (SFTP). He has also led efforts with the United States DOT Volpe Center on creating Safe Fleet Transition Plans for trade waste and private school bus companies.
Under his leadership NYC has rolled out the largest truck sideguard program in North America on more than 4,000 trucks and Mr. Richardson provided input into Local Law 108 of 2021 requiring sideguards on city contracted fleets as well.
The city fleet has also rolled out live telematics across all city agencies integrating both citywide and agency specific systems into one common platform consisting over 18,000 on road city vehicles as well as thousands of pieces of off road equipment. Mr. Richardson also works with the NYC Department of Education regarding their rollout of telematics to the entire contracted school bus fleet of over 10,000 buses, on the creation of safety reporting, and training of school bus drivers.
Currently he is working to lead the largest municipal intelligent speed assist (ISA) pilot in the country with 300 vehicles installed and with grant funding from SS4A increasing this to at least 2,000 over the coming year. This rollout includes 14 different vehicle types from sedans to collection trucks and includes school buses in a partnership with NYCSBUS.
Eric works on creating partnerships across other government fleets, non-profit organizations, and advocacy groups to encourage best practices for professional vehicle fleets and drivers and is a member of the Together for Safer Roads (TSR) Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety. He is also the 2023 awardee of the American Automotive Leasing Association (AALA) Fleet Safety Award.
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