States Explore Drone Technologies to Improve Data, Save Time
Drone programs can expand traffic management and bridge inspection opportunities for states, but they can also create savings to benefit other projects, according to one transportation official whose agency has been using the devices for nearly a year.
April 2, 2018Uber Crash Sparks Talk of Tighter Rules for Self-Driving Vehicles
U.S. lawmakers have applied a light touch in regulating robot cars. At the national level, the Trump administration has proclaimed that driverless-car guidelines should be “entirely voluntary” for automakers, and bills pending in Congress would clear the way to putting tens of thousands of autonomous cars on the road — orders of magnitude more than the few hundred in the country today — before federal safety regulations are set.
April 2, 2018Trump Warns He'll Dump NAFTA if Mexico Doesn't Stop Drug Flows
President Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico doesn’t stop people and drugs from flowing into the United States from Central America.
April 2, 2018Trump’s Tariffs Hurting American Factories as Prices Skyrocket
Here’s one way to assess President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum: America’s factories already aren’t feeling so great.
April 2, 2018New Jersey Busts $1 Million Cargo Theft Ring
An 11-man, $1 million cargo theft ring was broken up by the New Jersey State Police last month in “Operation Botany Strike.”
April 2, 2018Trump: The Washington Post Should Register as Lobbyist Over Amazon’s Postal ‘Scam’
President Donald Trump charged March 31 that The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, should register as a lobbyist, insinuating that it abetted his other company, Amazon, in pulling off a U.S. Postal Service “scam” to deliver its packages at a loss.
April 2, 2018Global Trade on the Upswing, DHL Barometer Says
Prospects for international trade growth look positive for the next three months, according to the DHL Global Trade Barometer, an index designed to present the current state of global trade and provide insight on movement in the near term.
April 2, 2018White House Economist Kevin Hassett Says Piecemeal Approach to Infrastructure Is Doable
The White House will aim to inject President Donald Trump’s infrastructure policy priorities whenever congressional leaders signal the advancement of a bill, Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said March 29.
March 30, 2018REST Bill Would Modify HOS to Allow Drivers One Three-Hour Break Per Shift
A bill has been introduced that would allow truck drivers to take one rest break per shift, for up to three consecutive hours on off-duty time.
March 30, 2018How Amazon Is Helping the US Postal Service, Despite What Trump Thinks
The Amazon blame game took another turn on March 29, when President Donald Trump spun the wheel back around to the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon.com Inc. is a convenient scapegoat for just about any issue. The mail is no different.
March 30, 2018