08 Nov FedEx, Walgreens Say Pickup/Drop Off Service Expanded to More Than 7,500 Walgreens FedEx is in more than 92% of U.S. Walgreens stores, 10 months after the companies announced a push to expand consumer access to package pickup and drop off services. Read more...
08 Nov Uber Says It Will Bring Its Flying Taxis to Los Angeles in 2020 In just over two years, Uber says it will let commuters soar over Los Angeles’ snarled traffic in flying taxis. Read more...
08 Nov FHWA Extends Comment Period on State Performance Measurement Requirement to Nov. 15 Federal Highway Administration officials have extended the public comment period on a proposal that includes a provision that would drop an Obama administration requirement that state departments of transportation measure the percentage of change in tailpipe carbon dioxide from a base of 2017 levels. Read more...
08 Nov Senators Advance Nominee for Top Job at FMCSA A Senate panel easily advanced the nomination of Ray Martinez on Nov. 8 to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Read more...
08 Nov For Women in Trucking, Retaining Just as Crucial as Recruiting KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Increasing the number of women in the trucking industry is as much a matter of recruiting new talent as it is a matter of retaining the employees that are already there, according to Keera Brooks, chief executive officer of Sawgrass Logistics. Read more...
08 Nov Paper Logs Can Ease ELD Transition, FMCSA Officer La Tonya Mimms Says KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Drivers bracing for the upcoming electronic logging device rule should practice driving with the new units and old-fashioned paper logs, according to La Tonya Mimms, transportation specialist with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Read more...
08 Nov Pilot Flying J Ex-President ‘Earned’ Big Bucks, Didn’t Steal Them, Defense Says Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood may be the highest-ranking member of the truck stop giant charged in a $92 million fraud scheme, but his defense attorney made clear Nov. 7 just who was in charge. Read more...
07 Nov Women in Trucking Encouraged to Take Risks in Industry KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Women can excel in the trucking industry — and any workplace — by accepting risk and embracing confident language, according to Valerie Alexander, CEO of Goalkeeper Media. Read more...
07 Nov Congressional Watchdog Faults DOT FASTLANE Grant Selection Process U.S. House transportation leaders have requested that a congressional watchdog agency be permitted to continue oversight of a five-year Department of Transportation grant program after investigators concluded that it lacked transparency in how it selected 18 projects totaling $759 million in 2016. Read more...
07 Nov Daphne Jefferson Wins Influential Woman In Trucking Award KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Daphne Jefferson, former deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, won the Influential Woman In Trucking award at the Women In Trucking Association’s annual conference Nov. 7. Read more...