27 Aug Consumer Spending Slows to 0.3% Gain in July WASHINGTON — Growth in U.S. consumer spending slowed in July to a modest increase of 0.3% while inflation over the past 12 months rose to the fastest pace in three decades. Read more...
26 Aug New York City Council OKs Cap on Food Delivery Fees New York City lawmakers passed a measure that will make temporary caps on third-party delivery fees permanent in a blow to companies like DoorDash Inc., Grubhub and Uber Technologies Inc. Read more...
26 Aug Nuro to Build Autonomous EV Factory in Nevada Nuro Inc., which has unmanned delivery pods scurrying around Southwestern streets, said that it will build a $40 million facility to assemble and test a new generation of autonomous vehicles in Nevada. Read more...
26 Aug Gas, Diesel Will Be Cheaper in New Jersey Come Oct. 1 New Jersey’s gasoline tax will drop 8.3 cents to 42.4 cents a gallon on Oct. 1 after drivers were forced to pay more at the pump a year ago, state officials announced Aug. 24. Read more...
26 Aug Used Class 8 Market Strong in July July sales of used Class 8 vehicles, along with the average price for a heavy-duty truck, rose year-over-year again. Read more...
26 Aug Pottle’s Transportation Driver Ronald Round Wins ATA's Battle of the States Ronald Round has been named Bendix Grand Champion at American Trucking Associations’ National Battle of the States: Virtual Truck Driving Championships. Read more...
26 Aug FMCSA Medical Board Supports Vision Policy Changes The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report from its medical review board on plans to tighten federal driver vision standards, but at the same time streamline the process to get qualified monocular drivers on the road quicker. Read more...
26 Aug Ontario, Michigan Partner to Explore Transportation Technologies Government leaders in Ontario and Michigan have partnered to advance transportation and mobility technologies in a cross-border testing setting. Read more...
26 Aug Biden Urges CEOs to Improve Cybersecurity President Joe Biden urged a group of CEOs to help improve cybersecurity across the nation’s critical infrastructure and economy, citing a lack of trained professionals to adequately protect the U.S. Read more...
26 Aug Supply Chain Bottlenecks Likely to Endure, Experts Say Stifling supply chain bottlenecks are likely to remain — and possibly worsen — in the months ahead as consumers follow back-to-school purchases with end-of-year holiday shopping, according to experts who spoke with Transport Topics. Read more...