Autonomous
Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.
ATA Wants Bigger Trucks, HOS Study in Highway Bill
Bigger trucks and a field study of the hours-of-service restart provision are among items American Trucking Associations said it wants included in any highway bill that emerges from the House-Senate conference committee weighing the legislation.
May 28, 2012TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Check out Transport Topics' updated Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies in North America, and explore how the industry's top players have adapted to a tough freight market and are preparing for the future.
FMCSA Five-Year Plan May Target Shippers, Brokers
Over the next five years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to significantly reduce truck-related crash fatality rates by developing new credentialing and driver safety fitness standards, expanding its regulatory reach to include shippers and other industry players and creating new programs aimed at weeding out high-risk motor carriers.
Mass. Bans Daytime Hazmat Trips Through Boston
Trucks carrying hazardous materials will be banned from traveling through Boston during most of the daytime under a policy approved by Massachusetts state officials last week, the Boston Globe reported.
Editorial: Life Is Good
There was some interesting advice offered by two of our industry’s best-known economists last week to fleet executives who were attending the National Tank Truck Carriers annual conference in San Francisco.
May 14, 2012Penske Truck Leasing Plans Refinancing
Penske Truck Leasing Co. plans to refinance $6.4 billion in debt over the next two years, Bloomberg reported.
May 2, 2012FMCSA Hears from Drivers, Carriers on EOBR Issue
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Several dozen truck drivers, motor carriers and law enforcement officers gave federal regulators a candid array of opinions on whether a planned electronic logging device mandate would be properly used as a safety device and fleet productivity tool.
Plug-In Power Added at Midwest Truck Stops
Truck stop electrification vendor Shorepower Technologies said its plug-in power service is now available at three new locations in Nebraska and Iowa.
April 30, 2012Swift Opposes Advocating Heavier Trucks on U.S. Interstates, CEO Moyes Says
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Swift Transportation Inc. opposes the trucking industry’s lobbying efforts toward allowing heavier trucks on interstate highways in the United States, the company’s CEO told a gathering of Canadian trucking executives.
April 30, 2012Many Fleets Report Gains on Higher Rates, Volumes
Eight of nine publicly traded trucking fleets reporting quarterly earnings last week achieved improved results, relying on either higher rates or volume increases, or both.
April 30, 2012Navajo Express Expands Dry Van Operations
Navajo Express said it has expanded the operations of its dry van division, Digby Truck Lines, between the California coast and the Pacific Northwest.
April 17, 2012