27 Feb Self-Driving Cars With No In-Vehicle Backup Driver Get OK for California Public Roads Self-driving cars with no human backup behind the wheel will be legal on California roads for testing and transporting the public starting April 2. Read more...
27 Feb Consumer Confidence Is at 17-Year High U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 17-year high as optimism about employment prospects grew and Americans began seeing additional money in their paychecks from recently enacted tax cuts, data from the New York-based Conference Board showed Feb. 27. Read more...
27 Feb Top Transportation Authorizers Headline Feb. 28 AASHTO Briefing Two weeks after a meeting with President Donald Trump, in which he is said to have endorsed an increase in fuel taxes, the leaders of the transportation policy committees will address the American Association of State Highway and Transportation officials on Feb. 28. Read more...
27 Feb Conservative Koch-Backed Groups Ramp Up Pressure on Texas GOPers to Oppose Gas Tax Hike Some hard-to-ignore stop signs keep cropping up for any Texas Republican who might consider increasing the federal gasoline tax. Read more...
27 Feb FedEx Says It Backs Assault Rifle Ban, but Won’t Cease Business With NRA Due to Politics Overnight shipping giant FedEx defended its business relationship with the National Rifle Association Feb. 26, saying the gun group is just another client whose politics they ignore. Read more...
27 Feb Omnitracs Announces Unified Software Platform NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Omnitracs announced a unified software platform for its mobile communications systems, a move the company said will enable it to accelerate the development and deployment of new features at a time of rapid change for the trucking industry. Read more...
27 Feb J.J. Keller Completes ELD Software Updates to Fix Data Transfer Problems J.J. Keller & Associates said it has released software updates that resolve data transfer problems with its electronic logging devices. Read more...
27 Feb Orders for Business Equipment Unexpectedly Fell in January Orders for business equipment at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell for a second month, a sign that demand is cooling from its hot pace in recent quarters, a Commerce Department report showed Feb. 27. Read more...
26 Feb FMCSA Clarifies ELD Confusion for Horse Haulers The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a new slate of guidelines to mitigate confusion over whether livestock haulers, including those who transport their horses, are required to install electronic logging devices on their trucks or possess a commercial driver license. Read more...
26 Feb Universal Logistics Reports Solid Year Universal Logistics Holdings Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $24.4 million, or 86 cents per share, compared with $2.7 million, or 10 cents, in the fourth quarter of 2016. Read more...