30 Aug Trump to Back $200 Billion China Tariffs as Early as Next Week, Sources Say President Donald Trump wants to move ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as a public comment period concludes next week, according to six people familiar with the matter. Read more...
30 Aug DOJ, Trailer Manufacturers Argue Over Regulations Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice and trailer manufacturers are sparring in court over just how much information the government should provide in a lawsuit about whether truck trailers should for the first time be subject to federal emissions requirements. Read more...
30 Aug Coaching Program Helps Drivers Develop Fuel-Efficient Habits When it comes to fuel economy, Clark Reed is the top performer at Nussbaum Transportation, which nearly seven years ago instituted a program through which performance coaches work with drivers to improve the fleet’s fuel economy. Read more...
30 Aug AASHTO Announces 12 America’s Transportation Awards Finalists The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has revealed which 12 transportation projects have entered the final phase of the America’s Transportation Awards competition. Read more...
30 Aug Canada Pushes to Save Trade Dispute Panels Over US Objection The fate of a NAFTA deal between the United States and Canada could hinge on the same issue that almost killed the countries’ first trade pact a generation ago — dispute panels that the Trump administration wants to eliminate. Read more...
30 Aug Mid-America States Receive AASHTO Transportation Awards Five Midwestern states recently earned awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for outstanding transportation projects. Read more...
30 Aug Transport Topics, SiriusXM to Begin Weekly Trucking Industry News Show Sept. 8 Transport Topics is adding a national radio show to the SiriusXM weekly lineup on the Road Dog Trucking channel. Debuting Sept. 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Transport Topics Radio will be a weekly news roundtable show that spotlights the publication’s coverage of the trucking industry. Read more...
30 Aug China's Shenzhen Quietly Emerges as Megacity With Electric-Vehicle Focus The shift to electric vehicles that China has been pushing more than any other country has put Shenzhen at the leading edge of something unprecedented: the quieter city Read more...
30 Aug Aperia Offers Chrome Wheel Cover Option Aperia Technologies Inc., a supplier of tire-inflation technologies for commercial vehicle tractors and trailers, announced the release of a new chrome cover for the Halo Tire Inflator. Read more...
30 Aug Drowning in Dirty Water, Permian Seeks $22 Billion Lifeline In the dry, dusty plains of West Texas, home to America’s most prolific oil play, the problem isn’t too little water, it’s too much of it. Read more...