19 Mar Uber Suspends Autonomous Truck Testing After Arizona Pedestrian Death Involving Car Uber Freight is temporarily suspending its autonomous vehicle operations — including trucks — in the wake of an accident with one of its autonomous cars that resulted in a fatality, the company confirmed March 19 to Transport Topics. Read more...
19 Mar Dozens of US Business Groups Warn Trump Against China Tariffs The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 44 other associations are urging President Donald Trump not to impose sweeping tariffs in response to China’s trade practices, warning the action would “trigger a chain reaction of negative consequences for the U.S. economy.” Read more...
19 Mar Montgomery Transport Gives Drivers a Raise Flatbed operator Montgomery Transport rolled out a new pay package for its existing drivers while also sweetening an incentive program for new drivers. Read more...
19 Mar 'Fast and Furious' Driverless Cars Aren’t as Crazy as They Sound Self-driving cars will rarely have to deal with a pack of drivers who think they are in a “Fast and Furious” movie, but training them to do so might just be what it takes to reach true autonomy. Read more...
19 Mar Container Volume at Maine’s Largest Port More Than Doubled Over Past Five Years Shipping containers are piling up on the Portland, Maine, waterfront at a record pace as the state invests millions of dollars into its largest port to encourage the state’s growing trade links to Europe and the North Atlantic region. Read more...
16 Mar Supporters and Opponents Clash Over Adding Tolls to Connecticut Highways In an often-passionate debate, advocates squared off March 14 in Connecticut for more than five hours in the long-running battle for electronic highway tolls that has split the legislature. Read more...
16 Mar Sen. Cornyn to Offer Keynote Remarks at Ports Conference March 21 Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the annual conference of the American Association of Port Authorities on March 21. Read more...
16 Mar Fleets Rely on In-House, Outside Expertise to Keep Onboard Technology Up and Running The rapid expansion of onboard technology — electronic logging devices, telematics systems and in-cab video — brings with it the challenge of servicing this equipment. Ensuring that repairs are handled quickly is essential to maximizing utilization and staying compliant with the ELD mandate. Read more...
16 Mar Lyft, Auto Parts Maker Magna Partner on Autonomous Vehicles Ride-hailing company Lyft is joining with large Canadian auto parts supplier Magna to develop self-driving vehicles, sharing expenses on a multi-year project that could vault them onto the leader board in autonomous technology. Read more...
16 Mar Indiana Airport Mulls Expansion Into International Freight Could the airport in South Bend, Ind., be transformed into a rail-to-air freight hub for international shipping companies that would create hundreds of jobs? Read more...