14 Mar Experts Doubt Turbulence Caused Crash of Cargo Jet in Texas DALLAS — Aviation experts expressed doubt March 13 that turbulence could have caused the deadly February crash of an Atlas Air cargo plane carrying Amazon packages in Texas, suspecting human error or a massive malfunction as more likely culprits. Read more...
14 Mar ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Wreaks Havoc on Roads, Barrels Toward Midwest LONGMONT, Colo. — National Guard troops used specialized vehicles with tank-like treads to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado in the wake of a massive late-winter storm that unleashed heavy rain and snow on parts of the Midwest early March 14. Read more...
14 Mar 71% of Americans Still Leery of Self-Driving Cars There’s been virtually no increase in public acceptance of self-driving cars even as automakers and tech giants are pouring billions into driverless technology. Read more...
14 Mar New England Motor Freight Increases Severance Packages for Employees About 2,500 workers will get additional severance pay from New England Motor Freight, a New Jersey-based carrier that declared bankruptcy in February, according to an attorney representing terminated employees. Read more...
14 Mar Partisan Disagreements Persist Over Infrastructure Funding Mechanism WASHINGTON — The leaders of the congressional committees tasked with crafting an infrastructure policy bill continue to disagree over a sustainable approach for ensuring the country’s transportation network is funded long term. Read more...
14 Mar Clean Energy Fuels Goes All In on Renewable Natural Gas Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it would convert all its natural gas fuel to its renewable product, Redeem, by 2025 as it positions itself to offer the cleanest available fuel alternative to diesel through a broad distribution network. Read more...
13 Mar Marijuana Impairment Emerges as Safety Issue for Trucking, ATRI Study Says Despite growing concerns in the trucking industry over a rise in the legal use of marijuana, there is a general lack of research on the relationship between use of the drug and crashes, as well as a need for better law-enforcement tools and training to detect impaired-driver use of the drug, according to new research by the American Transportation Research Institute. Read more...
13 Mar Apollo Global Acquires Direct ChassisLink, Blume Global Apollo Global Management acquired Direct ChassisLink Inc. and Blume Global Inc. from EQT Infrastructure, according to a joint news release from Apollo Global and Direct ChassisLink. Read more...
13 Mar Fuel Tax Hike Coming to Alabama in New Infrastructure Law Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law the Rebuild Alabama Act, which includes a fuel tax increase to support infrastructure projects. Read more...
13 Mar VW Pulls Truck Unit IPO in Setback to CEO’s Agility Revamp Volkswagen AG canceled plans for a partial share sale in its Traton SE division, citing weak markets, a setback to the automaker’s plan to generate fresh funds for the heavy-truck unit’s expansion outside of Europe. Read more...