Transport Topics
- States Suspend Weight Limits for Trucks Involved in Coronavirus Relief
- With Drop in Passengers, American Airlines Starts Cargo-Only Flights
- XPO Backs Away From Possible Sale, Spinoffs of Units
- NTSB Blames Drivers, Tesla, Lax Regulations in Florida Crash
- Truckers Haul Supplies While Coronavirus Keeps Many at Home
- Automakers Seek Assistance After Trump Says He’ll Help Industry
- US-Mexico Border to Close; Trade Will Keep Moving
- Donaldson Expands Filter Minder Offerings
- Eaton Cummins to Expand Automated Transmission Lineup
- Tesla Suspends More Production; Elon Musk Says He’s Working on Ventilators
- Anthony Levandowski Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets From Google
- Senior House Transportation Policymaker Dan Lipinski Loses Primary
- Bridgestone to Temporarily Shut Down Production
- FedEx’s Fred Smith: It’s Unlikely Company Will Need Federal Help
- Truck Drivers, Logistics Personnel Deemed ‘Essential’ in Security Memo
- Glut of Jet Fuel Is on Brink of Overwhelming Global Storage
- Ports Seek Emergency Aid as Business Plummets
- Walmart Plans 150,000 New Hires, Virus Testing Sites
- Dow Drops More Than 900 Points, Ending Worst Week Since 2008
The Shame Police: Google Toys With Penalizing Slow-Loading Websites
Internet search goliath Google is toying with the idea of shaming slow-loading websites by displaying a “Usually loads slow” splash screen in place of a homepage when someone is trying to visit such sites.
While Self-Driving Car Hype Decelerates, Automated Trucks Grab Attention at CES
LAS VEGAS — Even as automated vehicle developers tamped down inflated expectations for fully self-driving passenger cars at CES 2020, several companies continued to tout the market potential for highly automated commercial vehicles.
Fleets Turn to Predictive Analytics to Prevent Crashes, Reduce Driver Turnover
A trucking company’s success and reputation depend directly on its drivers’ safety performance, but it’s not so easy to determine which drivers are most likely to be involved in a crash or incur a safety infraction.
How Smart Tire Technology Is Changing Fleet Management
Bob Herr can’t do it alone. Neither can the 85 drivers and the 90-vehicle fleet he manages at food service distributor Feesers Inc. For Herr and other fleet managers, intelligent tires are helping to prevent those costly and time-consuming tire failures.
Taking Truck Technology Mainstream
Highlighting the role of technology in freight transportation could broaden the industry’s appeal to a new generation of workers and entrepreneurs who just might consider careers in this essential business.
