13 Sep Illinois County Hears Proposal for $1.2 Billion Warehouse Development Will County officials recently got a peek at the proposed 2,200-acre business park in Jackson Township, Ill., with its developers’ promises of pumping revenue into the Elwood and Manhattan areas, while keeping trucks off residential roads. Read more...
13 Sep Drivers Remain Essential Amid Autonomous Technology, Trucking Execs Tell Senate Panel WASHINGTON — As autonomous technology evolves, drivers will remain integral to the movement of goods and services for the foreseeable future, top trucking executives told senators concerned about potential disruptions in the labor force. Read more...
13 Sep FedEx Worker Goes Viral After He Personally Delivers Generators Ahead of Hurricane Irma FedEx generated some good will with at least one Florida customer late last week as Hurricane Irma began its ominous approach. Read more...
13 Sep CARB Will Regulate Trailers If EPA Vacates Section of Phase 2 Whatever federal authorities may or may not do to alter parts of the U.S. Phase 2 regulation of greenhouse gases from trucks, California will keep regulations in place that are at least as tough as the October 2016 final rule, and might even get more strict and encompass aspects of nitrogen oxide emissions. Read more...
13 Sep Senators Look at What Self-Driving Trucks Might Mean to Drivers A U.S. Senate committee is considering whether legislation dealing with the future of self-driving cars should also pave the way to self-driving trucks, considering the impact such technology could have on millions of workers. Read more...
13 Sep ATA Revives Finance Council, Adds Staff to TMC American Trucking Associations has hired tax attorney Jennifer Wieroniey to help revive its dormant National Accounting & Finance Council, an organization that once fielded a staff of 10 and was a potent voice on matters of interest to trucking finance officers, tax specialists and staff dedicated to credit and collections issues. Read more...
13 Sep Contractor Association Requests Exemption From ELD Rule The Power and Communication Contractors Association has requested an exemption from the impending electronic logging device mandate, according to an announcement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Read more...
13 Sep Wholesale Prices Increase on Jump in Energy Costs Rising U.S. wholesale prices in August reflect the biggest jump in energy costs since January, while underlying inflation remained contained, a Labor Department report showed Sept. 13 in Washington. Read more...
12 Sep Tesla Automation Faulted by NTSB in 2016 Fatal Florida Crash Tesla Inc.’s design of its Autopilot system contributed to a 2016 fatal crash in Florida, accident investigators concluded as they recommended all automakers prevent autonomous driving systems from being used on roads for which they are not designed. Read more...
12 Sep US Household Incomes Rose to Record in 2016 as Poverty Fell The U.S. median household income rose to a record last year and the poverty rate fell, as steady economic growth helped improve the lot of more Americans, according to annual data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Sept. 12. Read more...