21 May Illinois Releases $20.7 Billion Infrastructure Construction Plan Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker joined various officials May 19 to announce the release of a $20.7 billion transportation construction plan for the state. Read more...
21 May Kansas City Southern Exits CP Deal, Takes CN’s $34 Billion NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern has abandoned its agreement to be acquired by Canadian Pacific, choosing instead a competing bid from Canadian National Railway with a bigger price tag, but also greater regulatory risks. Read more...
21 May Some Self-Driving Truck Developers Make Case for Supervised Autonomy While most developers of Level 4 autonomous truck technology are targeting driverless operation, some see near-term business cases for highly automated, self-driving trucks with a driver still in the vehicle. Read more...
21 May US Seeks Sharing of Chip Supply Information to Ease Crunch Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the Biden administration is exploring how to help semiconductor producers and buyers share supply chain information to alleviate the global chip supply crisis, and urged Congress to swiftly pass legislation to fund domestic production. Read more...
21 May Securing Your IT Network Protecting your trucking company’s computer network from the latest cyberthreats is an even greater challenge in 2021 given the stubborn persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to security pros. Read more...
21 May When Will Trucks Drive Themselves? The road to autonomous trucking is long and littered with obstacles, but developers of self-driving systems for commercial vehicles are making clear and tangible progress in their mission to bring this technology to market. Read more...
21 May Germany Takes Step Toward Autonomous Driving on Public Roads German lawmakers agreed to allow some driverless vehicles on public roads, a first step toward enabling autonomous driving in Europe’s biggest economy. Read more...
21 May White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Reaching Key Stage WASHINGTON — Negotiations between the White House and Republican senators over President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan are reaching a crucial stage before more talks May 21 after the latest offer from GOP lawmakers left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement from their initial $568 billion proposal. Read more...
20 May Largest Containership Hits East Coast as Ports See Surge With the sun gleaming off the Manhattan skyline in the distance, the massive ship passed slowly underneath the Bayonne Bridge on the morning of May 20, tooting its horn to the delight of about two dozen onlookers on the bridge deck hundreds of feet up. Read more...
20 May Likely Growth in Drone Deliveries Prompts NTSB to Expand Its Purview The expected increase in commercial drone operations such as delivery flights is prompting accident investigators to expand the types of aviation crashes they plan to review. Read more...