Self-Driving Truck Technology Advances
While self-driving trucks may still seem like a concept that is several years from becoming reality, using wireless communications to connect commercial trucks with each other and signals from the infrastructure may be just around the corner.
May 18, 2015Off the Grid
As one of the few un-smartphoned souls not in lockup, I’m alternately amused and alarmed at the hype — and flood of demand — for the latest symbol of conspicuous consumption from the geniuses at Apple, the Apple Watch.
May 18, 2015Jeff Kahn, Ford Employee For 30 Years, Dies at 74
Jeff Kahn, who for decades worked for The Ford Motor Co. and later ran his own consulting firm, died April 19. He was 74.
May 18, 2015TT Archives: Highway Bill Becomes Law
With U.S. lawmakers still grappling with the next iteration of highway funding legislation, the headline in the July 2, 1956 issue of Transport Topics commemorates passage of the first long-term highway bill, allocating $50 billion towards construction of 750,000 miles of interstate highways.
May 18, 2015April Class 8 Sales Rise 15%
Heavy-duty truck sales climbed 15% in April from a year earlier and surpassed the 20,000 mark for the fifth time in eight months after reaching that level only one other time since 2006, according to WardsAuto.com.
May 18, 2015Opinion: Technology Helps Fleets Improve Safety
Last month, I was privileged enough to have the opportunity to talk to Congress on behalf of the trucking industry and American Trucking Associations about our industry’s impressive safety record.
May 18, 2015Editorial: Infrastructure Week Blues
Attending Infrastructure Week events and watching Congress work on a surface transportation bill reminds one of the value of hand-eye coordination.
May 18, 2015DTNA to Skip MATS in 2016; Calls for Biennial Schedule
The president of Daimler Trucks North America said the company will not attend the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show and will instead focus attention next year on the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Germany.
May 18, 2015Congress Considers 2-Month Funding Patch
The Senate was expected to consider a House-passed two-month transportation funding extension after Transport Topics went to press last week.
May 18, 2015Trust Fund Extensions Pitched; Proposals Clash Over Length
WASHINGTON — The top Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel unveiled legislation May 14 that would extend surface transportation authorization into July, even as House GOP leaders say they soon will offer an extension through December.
May 18, 2015