Wisconsin Senate Democratic Leader Skeptical of Toll Roads
The highest-ranking Wisconsin Senate Democrat says she is skeptical of using toll roads as the solution to the state’s road-funding woes.
December 12, 2016Navistar Locates Used Truck Reconditioning Center at Prototype and Testing Facility
Navistar Inc. said it has reopened its Used Truck Reconditioning Center and co-located it at its prototype and testing facility in Melrose Park, Illinois. Navistar is the parent company of the International brand of trucks.
December 12, 2016Utah Legislator to Push Under-21 Interstate Commercial Driving
DENVER — A Utah lawmaker plans to push a resolution in the spring that would set in motion a collaboration with neighboring states that would allow truckers under 21 to drive commercial vehicles across state lines.
December 12, 2016Louisiana Transportation Secretary Aims Big to Fix Huge Funding Shortfall
Louisiana refines nearly one-fifth of the nation’s oil. Interstate 10, one of the nation’s busiest freight corridors, runs horizontally through the state although it’s just one lane eastbound in a stretch near Baton Rouge. But Louisiana is in the midst of a longstanding transportation funding crisis, in part because its fuel taxes haven’t been raised since 1989.
December 12, 2016Daimler Enhances Dealer Network in Mexico, Claims Market Lead
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Daimler Trucks Mexico and its dealers are working to streamline customer service in a bid to drive sales growth in a market where the average truck is more than 17 years old.
December 12, 2016Port of Virginia on Pace to End 2016 on Strong Note
The Port of Virginia had its second-busiest month in its history with double-digit year-over-year gains in containerized cargo traffic for November.
December 12, 2016S.C. Truck Driver Shortages Push Companies to Seek Younger Candidates
Truck drivers are an aging population in South Carolina. Nearly half of commercial licensees are more than 52 years old and most of the state’s trucking companies have driver shortages — right now.
December 12, 2016Eleven Executives Named to ATA Infrastructure Funding Task Force
American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear announced the members of a new infrastructure funding task force Dec. 12.
December 12, 2016Alabama Trucking Company Helps Nonprofit Renovate Building
Surrounded by co-workers from Oxford, Alabama-based B.R. Williams Trucking, Robert Almon took a break from painting inside a building in Anniston on Dec. 9 to talk about his company’s help in turning it into a hub for youth mentorship.
December 12, 2016Opinion: Safety Is Greatest Benefit of Autonomous Tech
There has been a great amount of media attention with the first delivery by autonomous truck by Otto Transportation, which recently took place on Interstate 25 from Fort Collins to Denver in Colorado. While this trip was made with a convoy of State Patrol and Colorado DOT vehicles around it, this event still represented quite an achievement.
December 12, 2016