Business Loves Trump But May Need Help to Start Spending Again
American companies are feeling confident again. Now it’s up to President-elect Donald Trump and Congress to get them spending again.
January 11, 2017Scania to Build Truck Platoon System for Singapore Port
Scania said it will design a full-scale autonomous truck platooning system to travel between port terminals in Singapore.
January 11, 2017FedEx Introduces Package Dropoff, Pickup at Walgreens
FedEx customers will be able to drop off and pick up packages at “thousands of Walgreens” locations nationwide, the shipping giant said Jan. 11.
January 11, 2017What Keeps State DOT Leaders Awake at Night
WASHINGTON — Delaware’s Jennifer Cohan, Louisiana’s Shawn Wilson, Pennsylvania’s Leslie Richards, Tennessee’s John Schroer, and Utah’s Carlos Braceras convened for a Transportation Research Board panel Jan. 10 to discuss what keeps state DOT leaders awake at night.
January 11, 2017Female State DOT Leaders Discuss Common Experiences
WASHINGTON — Four of the six women who run state departments of transportation and two who used to do so took part in the first of two Transportation Research Board roundtables on leadership on Jan. 10.
January 11, 2017UPS Freight Partners With Truckers Against Trafficking
Truckers Against Trafficking announced a partnership with UPS Freight that will train the carrier’s more than 8,000 drivers on how to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking activity.
January 11, 2017Indiana Senate GOP Won't Rule Out Gas Tax Hike to Fund Highways
Indiana Senate Republicans are not ruling out raising the state's gasoline tax or adding tolls to new roads to pay for road and bridge improvements in the state.
January 11, 2017Infrastructure Bill Expected in Summer, Rep. Graves Says
President-elect Donald Trump’s “massive” infrastructure plan probably will come “sometime this summer,” Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said at an aviation industry lunch in Washington.
January 10, 2017Dana Reaches Broad Sales Agreement With Navistar, Issues 2017 Guidance
Dana Inc. entered into a multiyear commercial sales agreement with Navistar International Corp. for driveline components for on-highway, city-delivery, bus,and vocational vehicles.
January 10, 2017FMCSA Officials Call for More Traffic Enforcement, Prevention as Truck and Bus Fatalities Rise
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official issued a “call to action” citing preliminary statistics showing that fatalities in crashes involving large trucks and buses increased 7%-8% in 2016.
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