24 Feb Truck Drivers Can Pay Tolls in Texas With PrePass Help Inc. announced that its PrePass transponders can now pay tolls at facilities run by the Texas Department of Transportation, North Texas Tollway Authority and the Harrison County Toll Road Authority. Read more...
24 Feb Embark Enters Race to Develop Autonomous Trucks A new technology company has joined the race to develop autonomous driving systems for commercial trucks. Embark, a startup based in San Mateo, California, is working to build self-driving technology that would allow trucks to run on highways with no human input. Read more...
23 Feb The Voice of Mack the Truck Raves About Trucking NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The son of a Texaco truck driver from Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor John Ratzenberger has always had a strong affinity for the industry. So after he became famous as voluble mailman Cliff Clavin in the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and voicing Hamm the Piggy Bank in the animated "Toy Story" movies, it was natural for Ratzenberger to lend his vocal talents to a truck in "Cars," another Pixar film. Read more...
23 Feb ATA's Bob Costello: Better Year in Store for Trucking NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After the trucking industry endured what he termed "a freight recession" last year, American Trucking Associations' chief economist, Bob Costello, predicts a rosier 2017. Read more...
23 Feb Dry Van Demand Sends Trailer Orders Surging U.S. net trailer orders in January shot up 92% year-over-year to almost 33,000 as dry van demand surged ahead, much as it has since November, ACT Research Co. said. Read more...
23 Feb ATA to Support New Commercial Vehicle Tradeshow American Trucking Associations will be a supporter of the new North American Commercial Vehicle Show that debuts in Atlanta on Sept. 25-29. Read more...
23 Feb Infrastructure Stocks Slump as Stimulus Not Seen Until 2018 Investors who bet Donald Trump would quickly make good on his pledge to fix the nation's highways and bridges are being taken for a road-trip in financial markets. Read more...
23 Feb Congestion Costing Kentucky Drivers $4 Billion Annually, Report Shows Traffic throughout the Bluegrass State is costing each motorist around urban regions nearly $1,900 annually, a new report by a transportation research group found. Read more...
23 Feb Truck Platoons Could Hit Iowa Highway This Year Drivers could begin seeing "connected platoons" of trucks operating on Highway 20 across Iowa as early as this year if legislation allowing the use of adaptive cruise control is approved by the Legislature. Read more...
23 Feb Wilmington Port Adds Weekly Container Service to Europe The Port of Wilmington is adding an additional weekly container service connecting Southeastern North Carolina to destinations in Europe, the port said Feb. 23. Read more...