Industry Groups Unite to Develop New App Aimed at Making Truck Parking Easier to Find
WASHINGTON — Industry groups announced they will launch a free truck parking smartphone app in August, joining several from the private sector already in place.
May 23, 2016Kenworth Boosts Automation at Manufacturing Facility
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Gridiron rises on the roof of Kenworth Truck Co.’s assembly plant here as a new structure takes shape to automate the storage and retrieval of painted truck cabs, sleepers and hoods awaiting trim, while down below the company continues building trucks — but at a reduced rate since last year.
May 23, 2016Video: Siphiwe Baleka Demos the 'Knee-Crusher' Workout Any Trucker Can Do
No time to exercise? It's not how much time you work out, it's how hard you work out, says driver trainer Siphiwe Baleka of Prime Inc. in this LiveOnWeb Extra.
May 20, 2016Video: Ralph Garcia Demos Trucker Exercise Routine
Troubled by back pain behind the wheel? Professional driver Ralph Garcia demonstrates for TT's Neil Abt how stretching ahead of time can alleviate that problem, and walks through the exercise routine he conducts in this LiveOnWeb Extra.
May 20, 2016Video: Why FMCSA Is Seeking Input on Sleep Apnea
Christine Hydock, chief of the medical programs division for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, talks with TT's Eric Miller in this LiveOnWeb video excerpt about the agency's interest in a possible sleep apnea regulation.
May 20, 2016Energy Group Calls for Truck Productivity Changes, Greater Support for Nat Gas, Autonomous Vehicles
WASHINGTON — The Energy Security Leadership Council, co-chaired by FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith, called on the United States to take steps to improve truck productivity, offer alternative fuel credits and promote development of autonomous and platooning technologies.
May 19, 2016Port of Oakland App Tells Truck Drivers Wait Times
An old-line business, the Port of Oakland, is using one of the world's newest technologies, an app that helps truckers cope with busy cargo gates at the shipping hub, the port said May 18.
May 19, 2016Ex-Google Engineers Form Startup to Develop Kit for Autonomous Driving Trucks
Otto, a startup led by former Google engineers, is working on getting the millions of trucks already on the road to drive themselves.
May 18, 2016ELD Vendors to Self-Certify Devices as Compliant ELDs
Certification of electronic logging devices has been left to the device manufacturers under the federal ELD rule.
May 14, 2016Fleets Use Software to Better Plan Home Time for Drivers
Home time is a key factor for driver satisfaction, so carriers are using transportation management software to remind them when drivers want to be home and find the best routes to get them there.
May 14, 2016