11 Jan Kansas, Ohio Governors-Elect Announce DOT Director Picks The newly elected governors of Kansas and Ohio have announced their choices to lead their states’ departments of transportation. Read more...
11 Jan TSA Begins to Feel Squeeze From Government Shutdown The Transportation Security Administration plans to begin closing a handful of security checkpoints at airports around the United States as soon as this weekend in response to staff shortages triggered by a partial federal government shutdown now in its third week. Read more...
11 Jan Core Inflation Holds Steady as Energy Drags Down Main Index A key measure of U.S. inflation was little changed in December while falling energy prices dragged down the broader gauge, giving the Federal Reserve little urgency to raise interest rates soon as it signals a more cautious approach in 2019. Read more...
11 Jan How a Prolonged Government Shutdown Might Ripple Down to States Almost a third of the $2 trillion that U.S. states spend each year comes from Washington, so the partial shutdown of the federal government would seem to spell major financial trouble in America’s statehouses. Read more...
11 Jan Electric, Automated Trucks Offer Glimpse of Industry’s Future at CES LAS VEGAS — Amid a sea of gadgets, drones, robots and virtual reality demos, commercial trucking carved out a significant niche for itself here at the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest technology event. Read more...
10 Jan Editorial: Trucks and Tech at CES If anyone needed more proof that trucking is a tech-savvy industry, look no further than the bright lights of Las Vegas, where the annual CES technology show featured a string of announcements from major industry players. Read more...
10 Jan Iowa Eyes EV Tax to Offset Projected Decline in Road Funds After a Dec. 31 report by the Iowa Department of Transportation that shows a $317,000 reduction in the Road Use Tax Fund in 2018, state officials have made recommendations to the Iowa Legislature such as increasing fees or charging taxes to electric vehicle owners. Read more...
10 Jan Kenworth, Toyota Partner to Develop 10 Hydrogen-Electric Trucks LAS VEGAS — Kenworth Truck Co. and Toyota are collaborating to develop 10 hydrogen-electric tractors for drayage operations in the Los Angeles basin, the companies announced. Read more...
10 Jan Industry Leader Bill Reed Jr., CEO of Skyline Transportation, Dies William Reed Jr., CEO of Skyline Transportation and prominent in the trucking industry for advocating for a broad number of issues, died suddenly Dec. 17 at his home in Farragut, Tenn. He was 71. Read more...
10 Jan Wise Systems Closes $7 Million Series A Round Wise Systems, an autonomous dispatch and routing software provider for delivery fleets, has raised $7 million in its Series A round, according to a Dec. 6 press release. Read more...