18 May Transport Topics' 'CDL or Bust' Series Wins National Honor Transport Topics has won a national award for its CDL or Bust daily online series that traced the efforts of seven students to earn commercial driver licenses and become professional truck drivers. Read more...
18 May Amazon's Delivery-Drone Research Focuses on Avoiding Birds Amazon.com Inc.'s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about geese. Read more...
18 May Volvo Expands Truck Building Into East Africa as Economies Grow Volvo AB's trucks division is seeking to boost market share in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to as much as 18% from about 2%, as the East African region's economic growth outpaces the sub-Saharan Africa average. Read more...
18 May Post-Election Rally Fades for Americans' Economic Expectations This month's slide in Americans' economic expectations to the lowest level since November indicates the euphoria about U.S. growth prospects since the election has diminished, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed May 18. Read more...
18 May Falling Jobless Claims Add to Signs of Labor Tightness The U.S. labor market continues to show signs of tightening, with unemployment claims declining for the third straight week and benefit rolls matching the lowest level since 1973, Labor Department data showed May 18. Read more...
18 May Bestpass, PrePass Agree to Use Single Transponder Users of Bestpass transponders to pay tolls are now able to use the same transponder to participate in Help Inc.'s Prepass truck weigh station bypass service. Read more...
18 May Uber Launches App-Based Freight Platform After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next big venture. Read more...
18 May Coal Country Rebounding as Demand Rises and Global Competition Falters Before dawn, a coal miner named Cameron Justice stopped at a gas station in Mingo County, W.V., grabbing two cans of Monster Energy before heading into the pits. Read more...
17 May More Than Half of Drivers Still Aren't ELD-Compliant, ONE20 Survey Finds With six months to go before the government-mandated electronic logging device rule takes effect for most commercial truck drivers, a survey of drivers finds that fewer than half are ELD-compliant. Read more...
17 May Bernanke Says Economy Nearing Capacity With Jobless Rate Low The U.S. economy should continue to deliver moderate growth but there is limited scope to pick up that pace with the jobless rate "about as low as it can go," former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said. Read more...