Transport Topics
- OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand
- Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule
- FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago
- ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes
- House Clears Extension of Small Business Loan Program to August
- Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform
- Tesla Beats Delivery Expectations, Sending Shares Surging
- House Infrastructure Bill Will Never Become Law, Rep. Sam Graves Says
- FAA Concludes Three Days of Test Flights of Boeing’s 737 Max
- US Unemployment Falls to 11.1%; Trucking Adds 8,000 Jobs
- House OKs $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan That Impacts HOS, Insurance
- Is Density Related to COVID-19 Infection Rates? These Experts Say No
- Cargo Theft Likely to Increase Over July Fourth Holiday, Report Says
- Daimler CEO Warns of ‘Drastic’ Pay Cuts, Deeper Restructuring
- Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
- CARB Releases Proposal to Cut Future NOx, Particulate Matter Emissions
- House Climate Change Plan Tackles Heavy-Duty Equipment at Ports
- Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now
- CBO Trims GDP Forecast for 2020, Lifts 2021 Projection
In Transportation, Rising Profits Don't Lift All Workers' Boats
Big business is getting bigger, and workers' slice of the economic pie is getting smaller, especially in the transportation and warehousing sector.
Wisconsin Motorists Lose $6 Billion Annually Stuck In Traffic
Bumper-to-bumper traffic backups are costing the motorists of Wisconsin about $6 billion annually, a report unveiled May 5 found.
Knight Transportation Heartened by Trucking Community's Support in Wake of Tragedy
Knight Transportation is expressing appreciation for support from hundreds who have uploaded photos of trucks with their marker lights on and the hashtag #KnightLight as it copes with the loss of a Katy, Texas, employee killed in a workplace violence incident.
Treasury Department Rejects Central States Pension Fund Plan to Cut Teamsters Benefits
The U.S. Treasury Department, through Special Master Kenneth Feinberg, has rejected Central States Pension Fund's proposal to cut benefits for 270,000 Teamsters retirees, often by half, saying the plan presented to the government failed to meet the requirements of a 2014 law.
Coming May 18: LiveOnWeb on Driver Health and Wellness from A to Zzzzz
Send in your questions now for our May 18 LiveOnWeb that tackles driver health and wellness, from A to Zzzzz. Watch a video preview.
