23 Oct Rates Will Increase, But What Else Could 2021 Bring for Truck Insurance? Year-over-year, motor carriers are having to pay more money for less coverage. Read more...
23 Oct Appeals Court Orders Uber, Lyft to Treat Drivers as Employees Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. face the gravest threat yet to their business models after an appeals court ruled they must treat their drivers in California as employees instead of independent contractors. Read more...
23 Oct Tesla Is Recalling About 30,000 Imported Vehicles in China Tesla Inc. is recalling about 30,000 imported Model S and Model X vehicles in China because of suspension problems, a setback for the U.S. electric-car maker just as it faces intensifying competition in the world’s largest auto market. Read more...
23 Oct USPS Ordered to Restore High-Speed Machines for Election Mail A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to restore high-speed mail-sorting machines at any facilities that are unable to process first-class election mail quickly enough — a major concern for states as the postal agency continues to struggle with service performance. Read more...
23 Oct On Infrastructure, Trump Touts Regulatory Streamlining, Biden Eyes Clean Energy President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden offer differing views for improving the nation's infrastructure. Read more...
23 Oct Sen. Gardner, Hickenlooper Highlight Policy Records While the 2020 presidential contest dominates national headlines, the Senate election cycle is highlighting freight transportation and infrastructure policy of states with key commercial corridors. Read more...
23 Oct Climate Change Resilience Front-and-Center for House Democrats Pursuing infrastructure policies that adopt climate change resilience is expected next year on Capitol Hill if Democrats retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more...
22 Oct Plus.ai Selects Amazon Web Services as Cloud Provider Plus .ai, a provider of self-driving truck technology, announced it selected Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider to support the commercial deployment of its system. Read more...
22 Oct U.S. Xpress Announces Strong Profit for Q3 U.S. Xpress Enterprises posted increased earnings on a modest revenue gain during the third quarter, the fleet announced Oct. 22. Read more...
22 Oct Chicago Mayor’s Budget Proposal Calls for City Fuel Tax Hike Chicago is planning for a 3-cent fuel tax increase in an effort to help restore the city’s financial well-being amid the coronavirus pandemic, Read more...