18 Jul Connecticut Governor Orders Highway Toll Study Despite his lame-duck status, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is ordering a $10 million study on placing electronic tolls on the state’s highways and finding ways to fund needed transportation improvements. Read more...
17 Jul CSX Profit Jumps to $877 Million CSX Corp. reported second-quarter net earnings of $877 million, or $1.01 a share, a rise of 72% from net earnings of $501 million, or 55 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Read more...
17 Jul Federal Regulators, Industry Leaders Review Autonomous Vehicles’ Potential The utilization of automated technology in trucks could prevent thousands of fatalities along the highways and offer benefits to the national economy, the chief federal trucking regulator said July 12. Read more...
17 Jul Marten Transport Income Rises 50% in 2Q Marten Transport reported a strong jump in profits and revenue in the second quarter, spurred by a rise in operating income at all four of its major divisions. Read more...
17 Jul Mexico Sees Chance to Finish NAFTA by Year’s End, Official Says There is a fair chance that North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations can wrap up by the end of the year, Mexico’s Ambassador to the U.S., Geronimo Gutierrez, said July 17. Read more...
17 Jul Amazon Rival Draws Battle Lines With Bronx Warehouse FreshDirect has figured out an important trick: how to make money delivering groceries. Read more...
17 Jul Inspired by Dad, Tennessee Grand Champion Phil Shelton Has Plenty Left in the Tank For Tennessee grand champion Phil Shelton, trucking runs in his blood. Shelton, of Walmart Transportation, finished first in the tank truck class and won the grand champion title at Tennessee’s trucking championships April 27-28, earning his third trip to nationals. Read more...
17 Jul Environmental Groups Ask Court to End EPA Delay of Glider Truck Rule Environmental groups asked a federal court July 17 to stop the EPA from giving new trucks with rebuilt engines a break from meeting air pollution standards. Read more...
17 Jul Missouri’s Five-Year Transportation Plan Outlines Bridge and Road Maintenance Missouri transportation officials have unveiled plans to maintain existing roads and bridges and evaluate the potential for new ones across the state’s highway system over the next several years. Read more...
17 Jul FMCSA Outlines New Data Model to Be Tested in September Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials have withdrawn a slate of proposed “enhancements” to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Management System to make way for a small-scale test in September of a new statistical data model intended to better identify high-risk carriers. Read more...