Mahanth S. Joishy joined City of Madison as Fleet Superintendent in 2017 after 16 years working in New York City government operations. He worked for NYC Parks & Recreation for 11 years managing vehicle repair, recycling, waste collection, and volunteer programs, and drafting the first-ever parks field manual, among other tasks. In 2012 he began overseeing the safety program for all NYC departments using the 30,000-vehicle fleet, and he helped manage preparations and response to Hurricane Sandy, which struck the east coast that same year.
In Madison, Mahanth is focused on making the City fleet the greenest, safest, and most cost efficient possible in coordination with his colleagues in every department. Madison Fleet has newly launched aggressive programs to purchase biodiesel, EVs, hybrid police cars, anti-idling technology, soybean tires, telematics, and other efforts. Madison Fleet is also involved in vehicle safety initiatives for Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s Vision Zero plan. Mahanth is now on a mission to get every Madison vehicle owner into an EV.
