07 Nov A $290,000 Robot-Car Is French Startup’s Answer to GM, Waymo Navya Technologies SAS will roll its robot-driven automobiles onto the cobbled streets of Paris in the next few weeks to try and beat behemoths from General Motors Co. to Alphabet Inc. at proving autonomous cars are safe. Read more...
07 Nov Brake Safety Day Leaves 14% of Trucks Out of Service for Violations, CVSA Says Fourteen percent of trucks inspected on Sept. 7 as part of a targeted highway law enforcement effort were put out of service due to brake-related violations, according to the group that coordinated the inspections. Read more...
07 Nov Alphabet Launches the First Taxi Service With No Human Drivers For almost a decade, self-driving cars have graced public roads — but always with a person behind the wheel. Now Waymo is yanking the driver. Read more...
07 Nov First Self-Driving Shuttle on Public Roads to Launch in Las Vegas On Nov. 8, Las Vegas residents and visitors will get a chance to hop on the country’s first autonomous shuttle to operate on public roads, thanks to a partnership with AAA. Read more...
07 Nov UPS, Coyote Join Blockchain in Trucking Alliance UPS Inc. announced Nov. 7 it has joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance to assist in creating industry standards and protocols to enable blockchain platforms to operate together with established technologies. Read more...
07 Nov Pennsylvania Legalizes Gambling at Truck Stops Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law Oct. 30 that expands the state’s gaming options by allowing gambling at truck stops, in airports and online. Read more...
07 Nov Rhode Island Truck-Toll Launch Postponed to February or March The trucking industry received at least a two-month reprieve from the onset of Rhode Island tolls Nov. 6 as state transportation officials said they have pushed the launch date for the first truck-toll collections into next year. Read more...
07 Nov Senate Panel to Vote on FMCSA Nominee Ray Martinez The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a Nov. 8 hearing to consider the nomination of Ray Martinez as the country’s top trucking regulator. Read more...
07 Nov Self-Driving Cars Could Save Lives Even Before They’re Perfected, Report Says Putting self-driving cars on the road sooner rather than later could save hundreds of thousands of lives, according to a report released Nov. 6 by Rand Corp., a Santa Monica policy research nonprofit. Read more...
07 Nov Building Resilient Communities Best Way to Reduce Risks, FEMA Chief Says The extreme weather events that destroyed vital infrastructure this year in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands illustrate the need to build resilient communities, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said Read more...