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In June's special fuel-savings issue, we promised you more stories about how fleets are cutting their idle time.

Deborah Lockridge
Deborah LockridgeEditor and Associate Publisher
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June 17, 2013
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In June's special fuel-savings issue, we promised you more stories about how fleets are cutting their idle time:

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