27 Apr Average Diesel Price Falls 4.3¢ to $2.437 a Gallon The nationwide average price of diesel fuel continued its fall this past week, declining 4.3 cents per gallon. Read more...
27 Apr Transportation Leaders Say Thank You to Truckers After President Trump saluted America's truckers at the White House, congressional transportation offered their own words of thanks. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
27 Apr Tesla Rolls Out Feature Designed to Detect Stop Signs, Traffic Lights After testing on public roads, Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals. Read more...
27 Apr FMCSA Proposes to Plug ‘Information Gap’ in Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Rule The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule that would plug an existing “information gap” to ensure that state driver licensing agencies are prohibited from issuing, renewing, upgrading or transferring a commercial driver license or learner permit to truck drivers with drug and alcohol violations. Read more...
27 Apr NCDOT Looks to Drones as Coronavirus Relief Tool The North Carolina Department of Transportation is preparing to launch a public-private partnership that will use drones in coronavirus-related relief efforts. Read more...
27 Apr Virus Is Expected to Reduce Meat Selection, Raise Prices Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices. Read more...
27 Apr Daseke Selects New Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Daseke Inc. has appointed trucking industry veteran Jason Bates to the post of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Read more...
27 Apr Trump, Retailers Set to Announce Expanded Coronavirus Testing President Donald Trump and retailers are expected to announce wider availability of coronavirus tests as his administration seeks to address concerns from states and business leaders that U.S. testing must be more robust for Americans to feel comfortable returning to work. Read more...
27 Apr CSX Reports Declines in First-Quarter Earnings, Revenue CSX Corp. on April 22 announced a first-quarter earnings drop of 8% to $770 million, or $1 per share, compared with $834 million, or $1.02, in the same quarter of 2019. Read more...
27 Apr Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 27, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the April 27, 2020 print edition. Read more...