Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH — With decades-old vehicles languishing away at the city’s repair shop and others limping along on service calls, Pittsburgh City Council wants to know the extent of the problems with the fleet and how much it will cost to upgrade the vehicles.
For years, public safety and other city officials have lamented the status of ambulances, fire trucks, police cruisers and garbage trucks. Ambulances have broken down on their way to emergency calls, police cruisers are well beyond their lifetime, and the older the vehicles get the harder it becomes to repair them…