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Goodyear Offers ‘Zero Contact’ Customer Service, Announces Convoy Collaboration

People who go to a Goodyear Auto Service store for such things as an oil change or new tires have a new “zero contact” option that limits face-to-face interactions during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Jim Mackinnon | Akron Beacon Journal
April 14, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

California Highway Projects Speed Up With Drivers Off Roads

As state and local officials extend stay-at-home orders, road construction crews across California are taking advantage of reduced traffic to speed up projects.

Wes Venteicher | The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, Calif.)
April 13, 2020
Government, Logistics, TCA

USPS Under Scrutiny on Wisconsin Ballot Delays

The United States Postal Service says that domestic deliveries of mail usually arrive in 1-3 business days. That’s not always the case, as is becoming clear to many of Wisconsin’s registered voters who requested absentee ballots that never arrived.

Adam Rogan | The Journal Times
April 10, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Coronavirus Changing How World Feeds Itself

The coronavirus pandemic is short-circuiting the intricate network of producers and suppliers needed to power the global food system.

David Pierson | Los Angeles Times
April 8, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

UPS Manages Airlift of Health Care Supplies for FEMA

UPS launched a two-week operation to run 25 cargo flights carrying masks, gloves, surgical gowns and other equipment for the health care industry under the federal government’s Project Airbridge.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 7, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Tesla’s Ventilator Production in New York Has Yet to Begin

Elon Musk promised nearly two weeks ago that the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., would reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic. But it still hasn’t happened yet.

Geoff Herbert | Syracuse (N.Y.) Media Group
April 7, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

Amazon to Donate 8,200 Laptops to Seattle Students

Amazon .com Inc. is donating 8,200 laptops to families of elementary school students in Seattle Public Schools who don’t have access to a device needed for remote learning while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company and school district announced April 6.

Christine Clarridge | The Seattle Times
April 6, 2020
Government, Business, TCA

N.J. Transportation Stakeholders Disagree Over Virtual Toll Hearings

New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti fired back at critics April 2 who said the agency shouldn’t have held hearings on a proposal toll increase and $500 million capital plan on the Atlantic City Expressway during the coronavirus crisis.

Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media Group
April 3, 2020
Business, Technology, TCA

GM, Honda Partner to Build Honda EVs in GM Plants

General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. announced an agreement April 2 to jointly develop two new electric vehicles for Honda that will be based on GM’s global electric-vehicle platform that’s powered by the Detroit automaker’s Ultium battery system.

Keith Laing | Bloomberg News
April 3, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Mariners Take Extra Precautions as Great Lakes Shipping Season Begins

As the coronavirus pandemic locked down countries and disrupted global supply chains, the Great Lakes shipping season got underway last week, with extra precautions in tow.

Tony Briscoe | Chicago Tribune
April 1, 2020