18 Oct Freight Firms Report Progress in Puerto Rico The distribution of essential supplies and recovery kits is occurring in higher volumes, helping to improve conditions in Puerto Rico, according to two freight firms with operations in the U.S. territory. Read more...
18 Oct How Trump Getting His Way on NAFTA Would Reshape the Auto Sector Mexico, Canada and the U.S. are at loggerheads after the latest round of NAFTA negotiations, with America’s neighbors rejecting hard-line proposals by the Trump administration that risk throwing automotive trade on the continent into disarray. Read more...
18 Oct Alphabet to Pack its Digital City With Autonomous Delivery Vans Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle technology will be a big part of its Toronto project to make urban life more Googley. Read more...
18 Oct Idaho’s Recently Approved Millions Will Widen I-84 Near Boise The Idaho Transportation Department is using recently approved funds to widen the portion of Interstate 84 that runs through Nampa, a city about 20 miles west of Boise that has seen increased traffic in recent years. Read more...
18 Oct Medium-Duty Sales Ride Classes 4-5 to Gains in September Sales of medium-duty trucks rose 5.8% in September, led by sales of trucks in two of the lightest classes, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
18 Oct NAFTA Deadlock Dashes Hopes for a Quick Deal NAFTA talks are switching gears and slowing down as key obstacles emerge, with Canada and Mexico rejecting what they see as hard-line U.S. proposals and negotiators exchanging their strongest public barbs yet. Read more...
18 Oct CSX Treads Water in 3Q After Turbulent Summer The freight railroad industry began the earnings season on a positive note. CSX Corp. scratched out a small win and Canadian Pacific Railway easily surpassed year-ago levels as the industry continues to rebound in 2017. Read more...
18 Oct SoCal Port Turn Times Improve Six Minutes in September Truck drivers took six fewer minutes to enter and exit the two large Southern California ports last month compared with September 2016, although one year ago, Hanjin Shipping rattled the supply chain when it abruptly shut its doors Aug. 31. Read more...
18 Oct Opinion: Opportunities Abound After Momentous Year Just over a year ago, I delivered my first State of the Industry address at American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas — four months after taking over as president and CEO of ATA. Then as now, I am honored to lead this prestigious organization. Read more...
18 Oct Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless Intel Corp. has developed a system it says ensures that self-driving vehicles can’t cause accidents, an effort to reassure a skeptical public and help speed adoption of driverless cars on the road. Read more...