04 Jun C.H. Robinson Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Negligent Hiring Case C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appellate court decision involving a personal injury suit accusing the freight broker of negligent hiring. Read more...
04 Jun Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models spec’d with a Detroit powertrain. Read more...
04 Jun ChargePoint CEO Sees Electric Pickups Winning Over Americans The largest vehicle charging network in the U.S. is counting on electric pickup trucks to finally win over American drivers for EVs. Read more...
04 Jun Biden Floats 15% Minimum Corporate Tax to Fund Infrastructure President Joe Biden has pitched to Republicans the idea of a 15% minimum tax on U.S. corporations, along with strengthened IRS enforcement efforts, as a way to fund a bipartisan infrastructure package. Read more...
04 Jun Utah DOT Begins Construction of New Highway The Utah Department of Transportation has started work on a project to construct a new highway. Read more...
04 Jun Pete Buttigieg Cites Importance of I-40 Bridge Repair Phase 2 of the two-part effort to repair the Interstate 40 bridge is underway, according to transportation officials. Read more...
04 Jun Two Interstate Projects Commence in New York’s Finger Lakes Region New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that work has begun on two interstate projects in the Finger Lakes region. Read more...
04 Jun House Democrats Unveil $547B Highway Bill Amid Biden Talks Democratic members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 4 unveiled a $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill. Read more...
04 Jun NHTSA: Truck-Involved Fatalities Down 2% The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported fatalities in large truck-related crashes were down 2% in 2020 from 2019, but overall the number of on-road fatalities rose 7%. Read more...
04 Jun US Adds 559,000 Jobs in May WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April’s sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession. Read more...