13 Feb Trump Urges States to Streamline Permits for Infrastructure Projects President Donald Trump encouraged state and local government leaders to streamline their permitting processes for infrastructure projects. Read more...
13 Feb US Touts NAFTA Progress With Mexico While Trump Criticizes Canada The Trump administration is once again signaling trade talks are going better with Mexico than Canada. Read more...
13 Feb Coming Feb. 21: LiveOnWeb's Mega Trends in Trucking Technology Still puzzled by what blockchain is? Unsure of the value of predictive analytics, or not taking full advantage of remote diagnostics? Our Feb. 21 LiveOnWeb program, "Mega Trends in Trucking Technology," is for you. Watch a preview. Read more...
13 Feb January Snow Took a Toll on Port of Virginia’s Cargo Volume The post-New Year’s blizzard in Virginia did a number on the port. Read more...
13 Feb With Waymo Settlement, Uber CEO Clears the Way for Company’s Future It’s a paradox: How can paying a quarter of a billion dollars to a rival and issuing an apology be considered a win? Read more...
13 Feb London Not Ready for Driverless Cars Before 2030s, Report Says London is ill-prepared to become an early adopter of cutting-edge transport technology including driverless cars and retail deliveries by drone, according to the city’s lawmakers. Read more...
13 Feb Minnesota DOT Installing Technology to Guide Truckers to Parking Spaces Truck drivers passing through Minnesota who need of a safe place to pull off the road will be getting help from the Minnesota Department of Transportation, which last week began installing new technology that will let them know in real time if rest areas still have parking spaces available. Read more...
13 Feb Trump Infrastructure Pitch Welcomed by House GOP Transportation Leaders Reps. Jeff Denham and Sam Graves — Republican chairmen of key authorizing subcommittees in the House — expressed enthusiasm this week for the Trump White House’s long-awaited infrastructure proposal, which most Democrats already have rejected. Read more...
13 Feb Heartland Express Profits Hurt by IDC Acquisition Heartland Express reported weaker financial results for the fourth quarter and for the year 2017 as revenue fell well short of analysts’ expectations and profits were dragged down by the acquisition of Interstate Distributor Co. in July. The company also paid out more to attract and retain drivers. Read more...
13 Feb Court Says Pre-employment Screening Data Lawsuits Must Show 'Concrete Damage' A federal appeals court has ruled that truck drivers cannot be awarded legal damages merely because there is inaccurate information about their safety violations and crash data listed in the federal Pre-employment Screening Program database. Read more...