17 Jan Railroad Profit Rebound Plays Catch-Up to Yearlong Stock Surge With U.S. railroads forecast to report their first earnings growth since 2015, a stock rally that began in anticipation of the profit rebound is looking overdone. Read more...
17 Jan Driver Cameras Keeping Some Trucking Companies Out of Court Ten years ago, if an 18-wheeler was involved in an accident, the trucking company could end up paying, even if the truck driver was not at fault. Read more...
17 Jan Cartoon Caption Classic Winner Surprised by Her Success Christen Whalen of Matson Logistics narrowly defeated Graham Gillespie of Active Exhaust Corp. to win the Transport Topics Cartoon Caption Classic. Read more...
17 Jan West Virginia Contractors Group Encouraged by State's Infrastructure Proposals Gov. Jim Justice's proposal to sell $1.4 billion or more in bonds to fund highways and infrastructure projects reached a receptive audience in West Virginia Contractors Association Executive Director Mike Clowser. Read more...
17 Jan Fee-Based Smart Lanes Will End Traffic, Lyft Co-Founder Says Lyft president and co-founder John Zimmer suggests adopting a system of "smart lanes" that incentivize drivers to travel in groups. Read more...
17 Jan Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 17: Capital Infrastructure Forecast What will a new president and new Congress mean for metropolitan Washington, D.C.'s efforts to upgrade its infrastructure? Mike Sakata of the Metropolitan Washington Road & Transportation Builders Association offers insight in this week's Capitol Agenda, which also looks at a revived effort to allow twin 33s on federal highways. Read more...
17 Jan DBi Services Acquires TME Enterprises to Expand Infrastructure Maintenance Operations DBi Services announced its second acquisition in the past two months as the Hazleton, Pennsylvania-based company continues to build its position as a leading provider of infrastructure maintenance and facility management services. Read more...
17 Jan Truckers Face Dearth of Rest Stops Along Florida's I-4 Corridor The inadequacy of truck rest areas in Central Florida recently became apparent in Seminole County as an increasing number of truckers started parking along the shoulders of Interstate 4 near the two rest stops just north of state Road 434 for lack of empty spaces. Read more...
17 Jan Penske to Outfit 2,000 Rental Tractors with Collision Avoidance Systems, Air Disc Brakes Penske Truck Rental announced it is making collision avoidance systems and air disc brakes its standard specifications on commercial tractors within its rental fleet beginning in February. Read more...
17 Jan Mack Tests Clean-Burning Truck in New York City Mack Trucks may be known as a rugged and tough brand - but that doesn't mean its heavy-duty vehicles can't be a little cleaner. Read more...