Mayors to Congress: Help Fund Major Infrastructure Projects
Big-ticket infrastructure projects around the country need a boost from the federal government, more than 30 mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., last week told congressional leaders and Trump administration officials.
March 6, 2017Navistar Promotes Persio Lisboa to Chief Operating Officer
Navistar International Corp. appointed Persio Lisboa to the position of chief operating officer, where he will oversee Navistar's operations, global and sales functions, effective immediately.
March 6, 2017Traditional Trucking Meets the 'Sharing Economy' With Miami Tech Startup Cargo42
Startup Spotlight: Through a simple-to-use app, Cargo42 provides companies an option to ship locally for a lower rate with trucks that have empty space in them. At the same time, trucking companies enjoy an additional revenue stream and maximize the trucks’ productivity.
March 6, 2017Koch Group Warns Trump Infrastructure Plan Could Be ‘Spending Boondoggle’
An influential conservative group backed by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is questioning a plan to spend $1 trillion on the nation’s infrastructure and warning that one of President Trump’s signature policy initiatives could become a “spending boondoggle.”
March 6, 2017Is a CEO Worth $200 Million? Shareholders at Rail Giant Think So
Is superstar railroad executive Hunter Harrison worth a $200 million pay package? For that matter, is any CEO worth that?
March 6, 2017Letter: TIA Responds to OpEd About Broker Bond
Welcome to the debate seven years too late. The issue of whether there should be a broker/forwarder bond, or how much it should be, has long been debated.
March 6, 2017Opinion: Virginia Increases Availability of TWICs at DMVs
As reported in Transport Topics in early December 2016, (12-12, pp. 4, 43) American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a roundtable of lawmakers at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC, represents the future of secure transportation.
March 6, 2017Editorial: Week Spent Looking to the Future
Conference halls from coast to coast were teeming with talk of transportation last week, with no shortage of prognostications from industry leaders about what the future holds.
March 6, 2017Clarke: Brace for Change
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The business world of 2030 could be a model of orderly, incremental evolution, or it could bound off unexpectedly, forcing firms into obsolescence.
March 6, 2017Trump Urges Congress to Pass $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON — Addressing Congress for the first time, President Trump was short on specifics when he called for passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan that he suggested would modernize the country’s transportation network.
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