18 Oct Drop in September Home Starts Reflects Slump in South A larger-than-forecast decline in U.S. new- home construction reflected the weakest pace of building in the South since October 2015, showing the fallout from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, according to government figures Oct. 18. Read more...
17 Oct Idaho’s $13 Million Savings to Be Used for Widening I-84 Near Boise The Idaho Transportation Department is using the $13 million it saved in refinanced highway bonds 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...
17 Oct GM President Dismisses Hype About $30 Billion Self-Driving Tech Spinoff General Motors Co. shot down speculation that it’ll spin off its business units working on self-driving vehicles and car-sharing, which one analyst has estimated could be worth as much as $30 billion. Read more...
17 Oct One Network Adds Blockchain Option One Network Enterprises launched a blockchain application called One Chain to allow companies to execute blockchain-backed processes with their trading partners. Read more...
17 Oct Mexico and Canada Reject US NAFTA Demands The ministers leading NAFTA negotiations ended the latest round of high-level talks saying they’re extending discussions into the first quarter of 2018 to resolve differences after Canada and Mexico rejected what they see as hardline U.S. proposals. Read more...
17 Oct Freight Forwarding Networks Join Forces WCA World, an association of independent freight forwarders with members in 193 countries, has acquired a majority interest in Elite Global Logistics Network, a smaller group of forwarders and logistics companies based in Morganville, N.J. Read more...
17 Oct Anheuser-Busch Taps Seattle Trucking Startup Convoy to Transport Beer Anheuser-Busch has signed a multi-year partnership with Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy to transport beer. Read more...
17 Oct Trailer Orders Climb in September to Nearly 23,000 Strength in dry vans pushed U.S. trailer orders in September to near 23,000, up 76% from a year earlier, ACT Research reported. Read more...
17 Oct Ohio Turnpike Commission Approves Communications System for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Alerts about traffic, weather, work zones and other conditions should start popping up early next year on the dashboards of digitally connected vehicles on 52 miles of the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland. Read more...
17 Oct Senate Committee to Consider FHWA Nominee Oct. 18 The nomination of President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Highway Administration will come up before a Senate committee on Oct. 18. Read more...