12 Jul Gateless Tolling Coming to Ohio Turnpike COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike is looking for new legal power to bill freeloading drivers as it prepares to institute no-stop, electronic toll lanes as part of a modernization plan it hopes will speed up traffic across the state. Read more...
12 Jul Kenworth Now Offers Haulmaax EX Suspension Kenworth Truck Co. announced it now offers the Hendrickson Haulmaax EX suspension as an option for its Kenworth T880, W990, T680 and T480 vocational models. Read more...
12 Jul Transportation Stakeholders Renew Calls for Congressional Action A highway policy bill that promotes safety programs and severe-weather infrastructure resilience are key priorities for the group representing the nation’s state departments of transportation. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
12 Jul Survey Finds Pandemic End Will Not Deter Online Shopping Ware2Go, the on-demand fulfillment and warehousing provider founded by UPS Inc., said 89% of consumers plan to do as much or more of their shopping online even as restrictions that began at the height of the coronavirus pandemic begin to ease and stores reopen. Read more...
12 Jul VTNA Ends Negotiations Following UAW Rejection at Virginia Plant Volvo Trucks North America announced July 11 it would stand by the terms of the third tentative agreement, negotiated July 1, as its final offer on a new contract with members of the United Autoworkers Union striking at its New River Valley truck assembly plant in Dublin, Va. Read more...
12 Jul Flying Taxi Startup Whisper Aero Aims to Keep Noise Levels Down A startup called Whisper Aero, which is disclosing its plans for the first time, thinks it may be well on its way to solving a noise problem related to drones. Read more...
12 Jul Canada Imposes Wildfire Rules on Trains Canada’s transportation authority imposed new rules on its two largest railroad companies operating in wildfire-ravaged British Columbia as it investigates whether a freight train caused a blaze that destroyed a village two weeks ago. Read more...
12 Jul New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Signs Laws to Combat Employee Misclassification New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a legislative package meant to protect workers and employers from unlawful misclassification. Read more...
12 Jul Top Stainless Steel Maker Roiled by Supply Chain Woes In another sign of how supply chains are being snarled all over the world, a leading U.S. maker of stainless steel was forced to declare force majeure at its Kentucky mill because it can’t get enough of the industrial gases it needs. Read more...
09 Jul Werner Introduces New App for Drivers Werner Enterprises launched a new app to help make work easier for its professional drivers, the company announced July 9. Read more...