Simulated City to Test Self-Driving Cars Opens in Michigan
A simulated city opens July 20 on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes.
July 20, 2015Mississippi River Bridge in St. Louis to Close for Four Months
Truck drivers and others who use the Martin Luther King Bridge to cross the Mississippi River in St. Louis will have to use an alternate route for the next four months beginning July 20.
July 20, 2015Brent Crude Holds Losses as Iranian Supply Counters Drop in US Rigs
Brent crude held losses after a third weekly decline as investors weighed the prospect of increased Iranian supplies against a drop in U.S. drilling rigs.
July 20, 2015Deal to End Tariffs on Tech Products Advances
Trade negotiators tentatively agreed to eliminate tariffs on an array of technology products valued at $1 trillion worth of global commerce.
July 20, 2015OEMs Expand Air Disc Brake Offerings; Cost, Maintenance Concerns Slow Adoption
After years of accounting for just a single-digit share of the heavy-truck brake market, air disc brakes are enjoying double-digit growth, and suppliers are optimistically predicting the systems will capture a quarter of the foundations brake market within a few years.
July 20, 2015Glider Industry May Lose Business Under GHG Plan, EPA, Makers Say
The new federal greenhouse-gas proposal for trucks includes a provision that could reduce the appeal of glider kits if the proposal becomes final.
July 20, 2015FMCSA Says Final Rule Protects Privacy of Fleets’ Confidential Business Records
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.
July 20, 2015TT Archives: Top 100 Rankings
Transport Topics’ annual ranking of the largest for-hire carriers in the United States and Canada, which began as a modest addition to a Special Report on Finance in the Aug. 21, 1989 edition, took on a new look as the Transport Topics 100 in 1999 and became the Top 100 a few years later.
July 20, 2015June Heavy-Duty Sales Soar
U.S. heavy-duty truck sales soared in June to the third-highest level in history, as manufacturers continued to deliver new vehicles that fleets ordered in huge numbers throughout the fall and winter.
July 20, 2015Opinion: Improved Testing Could Reopen Bridges
Imagine pulling up to a bridge that you previously used but now is closed to you because of weight restrictions. What will you have to do to get to your destination? Well, that is exactly the kind of scenario that happened to me just last year.
July 20, 2015