14 Feb Autonomous Cars May Cut Workplace Deaths, Official Says Transportation-related workplace injuries might be slashed over time as autonomous vehicles become more common, state leaders said at a workshop in Springfield, Ohio, on Feb. 13. Read more...
14 Feb Medium-Duty Sales Build on 2017 Gains, Surpass 16,000 in January U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks in January surpassed 16,000 units, up 9.9% from a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
14 Feb No Verdict Yet in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - After more than three days of deliberations, a jury deciding the fate of the former president of the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer and three subordinates in a plot to rip off truckers still had not reached a verdict Feb. 14. Read more...
14 Feb Trucking Market Strongest Since Deregulation, ATA Economist Bob Costello Says NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The freight market is as strong as it has been since deregulation in the 1980s, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello. Read more...
14 Feb Idaho Hack May Have Revealed Truckers’ Personal Data The personal information of more than 100 truck drivers may have been compromised during a recent hack of two Idaho Transportation Department e-mail accounts. Read more...
14 Feb Uber, Amazon Making Presence Felt in Transportation Industry NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Executives in the truck stop and travel plaza industry see the encroachment of technology giants into the transportation industry, but savvy leaders will find ways to capitalize on this trend to make more money, an analyst said during a presentation at the annual NATSO Connect conference. Read more...
14 Feb Google Lobbying Shifts to Transport Google’s gravest threat is probably a regulatory crackdown on its lucrative search engine, and there’s a resurgent drumbeat about its size and power in Washington. If the company’s worried, that’s not showing up in its lobbying activity. Read more...
14 Feb Consumer Prices Top Forecasts, Sending Markets Tumbling U.S. consumer prices rose by more than projected in January as apparel costs jumped the most in nearly three decades. The report sent Treasuries and stocks tumbling, as it added to concerns about an inflation pickup that have roiled financial markets this month. Read more...
13 Feb Ray Martinez Confirmed as FMCSA Administrator The Senate on Feb. 13 confirmed Ray Martinez to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as the Trump administration promotes a comprehensive infrastructure funding proposal. Read more...
13 Feb ‘Everything Is on the Table’ in Infrastructure Plan, Chao Says The country’s top transportation officer assured reporters the president had not dismissed a thorny funding proposal ahead of a legislative collaboration with Congress on infrastructure during the second day of the Trump administration’s latest iteration of “Infrastructure Week.” Read more...