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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Government, Business, Safety

New Jersey DOT Announces $30.1 Million for Local Freight Improvements

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced $30.1 million has been awarded to counties and municipalities for projects meant to facilitate the safe movement of heavy truck traffic.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 19, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Begins Large-Truck Crash Causal Factors Study

Federal trucking regulators are progressing on plans for a $30 million Large-Truck Crash Causal Factors study intended to gather new critical information and data in an effort to reduce crashes nationwide.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 18, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Wisconsin DOT Issues Funds to Support County Forest Roads

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently distributed funds to improve public roads that run through county forests.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 16, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

NHTSA to Investigate Tesla Crash With Tractor-Trailer

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is sending a team to Detroit to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer.

Tom Krisher | Associated Press
March 16, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Senators Introduce Trucking Workforce Legislation

Legislation aimed at training drivers younger than 21 to drive trucks across state lines was recently unveiled by a group of senators.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 15, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety

Carriers Use Pre-Planning to Help Drivers Secure Truck Parking

Trucking companies are addressing the parking shortage in multiple ways, including advance planning, using technology to access real-time information on parking availability, or even embracing paid reservations for parking spaces or hotel rooms to make it easier for drivers to shut down for the night.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
March 15, 2021
Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Closes Canadian Facility Hit by COVID

Amazon .com Inc. has been ordered to close a facility outside Toronto for two weeks as public health officials worry about rising COVID-19 cases inside the complex.

March 12, 2021
Business, Safety

U.S. Xpress Details Safety Initiatives It Has Deployed

U.S. Xpress Enterprises detailed road safety practices it has deployed in a report released March 10.

March 12, 2021
Business, Safety

Officials Call $202,000 Towing Bill a Textbook Example of a Scam

A Wisconsin motor carrier got a big surprise when one of its tractor-trailers hauling a truckload of cheese had to be pulled from a ditch on I-64 in central Virginia: A $202,000 removal and towing bill.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 11, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Transportation Aid Included in COVID-19 Relief Bill

Aid for transportation programs around the country was approved as part of the nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package signed by President Joe Biden on March 11.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 11, 2021