06 Sep Trucker on FEMA Run Endured Harrowing Highway Floodwater Winston Mullings jumped into action after Hurricane Harvey to deliver to those in need, but the unimaginable happened in Houston: Floodwaters overpowered his truck on a major highway. Read more...
06 Sep Self-Driving Cars Now Roam Across Former California Military Facilities The empty runway stretching before Mark Hendrickson extends so far that its edges vanish in the heat shimmer of a broiling Central Valley afternoon. Read more...
06 Sep USDOT Accepting Applications From States, Municipalities for TIGER Grants States and cities seeking additional funding to help pay for large-scale infrastructure projects will be able to apply for grants under an Obama-era program, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Sept. Read more...
06 Sep FedEx Taps University of Memphis Students to Run Call Center The call center agents talk on headsets to FedEx employees, helping with passwords and other basic troubleshooting and handing off to specialists if necessary. Read more...
06 Sep Second Round of NAFTA Talks Ends With Major Issues Unresolved Representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada declared “progress” but unveiled no breakthroughs at the conclusion Sept. 5 of a second round of talks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement Read more...
06 Sep Amazon to Open First Fulfillment Center in New York Amazon.com Inc. is opening its first fulfillment center in New York, part of an ongoing push to store inventory closer to customers to enable faster deliveries. Read more...
06 Sep Washington State to Test Pay-by-the-Mile Tax as a Way to Fund Highways Next year the Washington State Department of Transportation expects gas-tax revenues to rise by 0.9%. It expects its construction costs to increase by 2.6%. Read more...
06 Sep Navistar Posts Second Quarterly Profit in Last 20 Truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp. returned to profitability during the fiscal quarter ended July 31, posting net income of $37 million, or 38 cents a share, as sales rose by 6.1% to $2.21 billion. Read more...
06 Sep Proposal to Delay ELD Mandate Advances to House Floor A closely watched provision that would halt the December mandate on electronic logging devices for trucks will reach the floor of the House as early as Sept. 6. Read more...
06 Sep Trucks, Planes and Tankers Putting Houston Back in Business After Hurricane Harvey Houston’s roads, skies and waterways saw increased traffic Sept. 5 as some of the city’s biggest industries continued a slow march toward business as usual. Read more...