26 Sep Sen. Thune Working on Creating Modern-Day ‘Rules of the Road’ for Autonomous Vehicles As the Obamacare reform debate rages on in full force, U.S. Sen. John Thune doesn’t have his sights set entirely on the headline-stealing topics of health care and tax reform. The always busy South Dakota Republican is also eyeing legislation for the growing autonomous vehicle market, or self-driving cars. Read more...
26 Sep Las Vegas-Area Interchange Gets FHWA Redistribution Funds The Nevada Department of Transportation will use recently issued federal funds to expand an interchange near Las Vegas to help bolster freight transportation. Read more...
26 Sep Thune Working on Creating Modern-Day ‘Rules of the Road’ for Autonomous Vehicles As the Obamacare reform debate rages on in full force, U.S. Sen. John Thune doesn’t have his sights set entirely on the headline-stealing topics of health care and tax reform. The always busy South Dakota Republican is also eyeing legislation for the growing autonomous vehicle market, or self-driving cars. Read more...
26 Sep Agency, Industry Prepared for Upcoming ELD Mandate ATLANTA — A delay in the upcoming mandate on electronic logging devices for carriers is highly unlikely to occur, federal regulators and stakeholders said at the Connected Fleets USA conference Sept. 26. Read more...
26 Sep Mack Expounds on Marketing Strategy for Anthem, Pinnacle ATLANTA — Mack Trucks showed off its new Anthem highway tractor and clarified how it will be marketed relative to its long-standing Pinnacle highway model that remains available. Read more...
26 Sep Missouri Town Plans $5.84 Million Tax Break to Lure Big FedEx Center St. Peters, Mo., could offer a property tax break of $5.84 million over 10 years to lure a large FedEx complex to the levee-protected Premier 370 business park in the city’s Mississippi River flood plain. Read more...
26 Sep TransForce Inc. Adds Driving Ambition to Holdings TransForce Inc., a driver leasing and workforce management company in Alexandria, Va., has acquired assets of Driving Ambition Inc., a regional provider of commercial truck drivers with operations in six states, company officials announced Sept. 26. Read more...
26 Sep Freightliner Cascadia Adds Midroof Sleepers Daimler Trucks North America announced that its refreshed Freightliner Cascadia model will add midroof sleeper berths for regional overnight haul applications and segments such as bulk haul and flatbeds. Read more...
26 Sep Saia to Open LTL Terminal in Maryland on Oct. 16 Less-than-truckload carrier Saia Inc. will open a terminal in Maryland on Oct. 16, the carrier’s fifth on the East Coast this year. Read more...
26 Sep FedEx Outlook Rosy Despite Ongoing Threats From Cybercrime, Trade Restrictions FedEx “has never been stronger,” although cybercrime and threats to restrict trade pose challenges, company founder Frederick Smith said Sept. 25 Read more...