The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s ninth straight annual toll increase, approved by its board July 18, helps pay for turnpike operations, plus the highway’s $500 million annual capital budget and $450 million for mass transit systems, including SEPTA.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Will Hike Tolls for Each of the Next 27 Years, Driving Away Users, Analyst Says
Mack’s Second-Quarter Orders Surge 58%
For the second consecutive quarter, Mack Trucks delivered fewer trucks than a year ago but received a surge in orders, as a result of an active construction segment and slowly improving freight environment in North America.
Analysis: CSX Profit Chugs Along, but Could Come at a Price
CSX Corp. investors who endorsed a massive pay package to bring railroad wunderkind Hunter Harrison on board as CEO are already seeing the payoff. The question is, at what cost?
Million Square-Foot Distribution Center in Detroit to be Redeveloped — Reportedly for Amazon
Up to 1,000 jobs could be coming to Shelby Township, Michigan through the development of a more than 1-million-square-foot distribution center at a former automotive electronics supplier site.
Special Care Taken to Haul Out-of-This-World Cargo Along East Coast
Motorists on Interstate 95 might be doing a double-take this summer as they share the road with a tractor-trailer hauling a highly unusual piece of cargo — a 5,500-pound Mars rover replica.
ATA Forecasts 2.8% Freight Growth for 2017, 3.4% Rise Through 2023
American Trucking Associations predicts that freight volumes will grow 2.8% this year and then 3.4% per year through 2023,
Indiana Gov. Holcomb Announces Five-Year, $4.7 Billion Roads Plan
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced July 17 what he called the state’s largest infrastructure project by far, a $4.7 billion plan to pave roads and rehab bridges over the next five years.
Logistics Plus to Expand Pennsylvania Headquarters
On July 13, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Logistics Plus, which handles transportation and logistics around the world, will expand its headquarters in Erie’s Union Station, creating 44 new jobs.
Shippers Reluctant to Shift Freight Away From Trucks, but Intermodal Demand Could Rise
Fewer shippers moved their freight from truckload to intermodal in the second quarter, but a shift could occur with the December electronic logging mandate, according to two surveys.
Houston Warehouse Market Heats Up as Big-Box Distributors Vie for Space
Nearly a dozen big-box distributors are shopping the Houston area for warehouse space larger than 500,000 square feet, NAI Partners said July 17 in its most recent industrial real estate market report.