Expect 2018 to Be a Year of Technological Innovation, Deputy Administrator Says
WASHINGTON — A top federal regulatory official for trucking said her agency’s priorities this year will include a special emphasis on encouraging technological innovation in the commercial motor vehicle industry.
January 9, 2018Top Truck Bottlenecks Report Coming Soon, ATRI President Says
WASHINGTON — The definitive guide to the country’s top truck bottlenecks will be released Jan. 25, the president of American Transportation Research Institute, which publishes the report, said Jan. 9.
January 9, 2018Ford Partners With Postmates in Path to Driverless Delivery
Ford Motor Co. is expanding its driverless delivery experiment beyond pizza by partnering with Postmates to test what it will take to eventually remove the driver from on-demand distribution.
January 9, 2018Self-Driving Car Firm Aurora to Expand After Deal With VW, Hyundai
Deals inked by the self-driving car firm Aurora with two major auto manufacturers will mean more jobs and more test vehicles on the streets in Pittsburgh, one of the company’s co-founders told the Tribune-Review.
January 8, 2018Interstates Serve Important Role in Autonomous Truck Testing, Experts Say
WASHINGTON— Long-distance stretches of interstate will serve as an important proving grounds as autonomous truck technology develops, industry experts said at the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting Jan. 8.
January 8, 2018Self-Driving Cars Hit Las Vegas Streets for Tech Tradeshow
LAS VEGAS — The self-driving car is getting closer to deployment in the real world for everyday passengers.
January 8, 2018Can Bridges Handle Weight of Platooning Trucks? Engineering Firm Wants to Know
WASHINGTON — While truck-to-truck communication, driver training and safety have advanced the effort to hasten platooning to market, another critical aspect is looming and just may cause momentum to pull back some: the impact on infrastructure.
January 7, 2018Severe Storm Prompts States to Issue Restrictions, Emergency Plans
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation banned tractor-trailers from all state highways for most of Jan. 4 as the state faced heavy snow and high winds.
January 5, 2018Editorial: Cold Outside, but Transportation’s a Hot Topic
It's cold outside, but trucking issues will heat up with the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting just around the corner.
January 4, 2018Peloton Pledges Commercial Platooning in 2018
2018 could bring commercial applications of truck platooning after successful demonstrations of the driver-assisted technology last month in Florida and Michigan by platooning developer Peloton Technology.
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