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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Smarter Cars Paving the Way for Robot Vehicles

Advanced driver-assistance features increasingly are embedded in cars you can find parked in dealers’ lots. Luxury makers such as Tesla and Mercedes-Benz began including them a few years ago, but now they have trickled down to many mass-market models, sometimes as options, sometimes standard.

Carolyn Said | San Francisco Chronicle
May 26, 2017
Technology

Did Your Package Get Dumped in Transit? Via Cloud, Now It Can Tell You

After Intel Corp. couldn’t find a device that indicated when sensitive chip-making machines tilted too much during shipping, the company decided to build one.

Thomas Black | Bloomberg News
May 24, 2017
Business, Technology, Government

Capitol Agenda for the Week of May 23: A Vow From Rep. Graves

The Trump administration is unveiling its fiscal 2018 budget request right before we all hit the road for Memorial Day and get stuck in that bumper-to-bumper traffic. But relief is in sight if Rep. Sam Graves has anything to say about it. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
May 23, 2017
Business, Technology

Velociti Expands Missouri Headquarters

Velociti, a transportation technology company, is expanding its Riverside, Mo., headquarters by 33,000 square feet.

May 23, 2017
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Uber Launches Freight App, Extends Reach Into Trucking

After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next big venture.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
May 22, 2017
Government, Business, Technology

Replay: LiveOnWeb Infrastructure Week Reporter Roundtable

As Infrastructure Week wraps up, TT Congressional Reporter Eugene Mulero was joined by three Capitol Hill watchers to assess what was accomplished in a special Reporter Roundtable edition of LiveOnWeb. Watch the replay.

May 19, 2017
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Uber Threatens to Fire Anthony Levandowski

Uber Technologies Inc. threatened to fire the man at the center of its legal battle with Alphabet Inc., telling its top driverless technology engineer, Anthony Levandowski, to either deny taking files from his former employer or turn them over.

Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg News
May 19, 2017
Business, Technology

Daimler Trucks North America Opens $18.7 Million Truck Proving Grounds

MADRAS, Ore. — Daimler Trucks North America opened its $18.7 million High Desert Proving Grounds here May 18. It will enable the parent of Freightliner and Western Star Trucks to do more broad-based vehicle testing not far from its Portland headquarters.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
May 19, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

More Than Half of Drivers Still Aren't ELD-Compliant, ONE20 Survey Finds

With six months to go before the government-mandated electronic logging device rule takes effect for most commercial truck drivers, a survey of drivers finds that fewer than half are ELD-compliant.

May 18, 2017
Business, Technology

Making the Move to Smart Transportation

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May 18, 2017