15 Apr Key Congressional Republican Calls for Bipartisan Highway Bill As federal policymakers prepare to consider comprehensive highway policy legislation in the coming weeks, the top Republican on the U.S. Senate transportation committee reiterated calls for bipartisanship. Read more...
14 Apr March Trailer Orders Hit 29,500, Triple a Year Earlier North American trailer orders for March hit 29,500, more than triple the volume compared with a year earlier, ACT Research reported. Read more...
14 Apr TMC Study Group Continues to Craft Guidance for ADAS Training Progress is underway for guidance documents for advanced driver assistance systems, according to a Technology & Maintenance Council study group. Read more...
14 Apr Historic Golf Course Closer to Becoming Trucking and Warehouse Facility A historic golf course in the Chicago suburbs is one step closer to becoming a trucking and logistics and warenhouse complex. Read more...
14 Apr To Retain Workers, Walmart Moves More of Them Full Time NEW YORK — Walmart is moving more of its workers full time, with the goal of having two-thirds of its U.S. store hourly jobs be full time with more consistent work schedules by early next year. Read more...
14 Apr Medium-Duty Sales Rise 36.7% in March, Led by Class 5 U.S. retail sales of Classes 4-7 trucks in March climbed 36.7% compared with a year earlier, riding the surge in demand in Class 5, WardsAuto .com reported. Read more...
14 Apr Senators Working on Infrastructure Alternative Utah Republican Mitt Romney said April 14 a group of senators is in the “early stages” of discussing a potential counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure and spending plan that would be more narrowly focused and less expensive. Read more...
14 Apr XPO’s Brad Jacobs Assesses Economy, Trucking in Shareholder Letter XPO Logistics Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs tells shareholders in a letter why he thinks the U.S. economy is primed for a big rebound. Read more...
14 Apr Tractor-Trailer Interfaces Take Shape in Many Ways Efforts to ensure the needed connections for exchanging more data between a tractor and trailer continue from many directions as electronics and sensors are increasingly coming to trailers, experts said. Read more...
14 Apr Biden Taps Meera Joshi to Lead FMCSA President Joe Biden announced April 14 that he intends to nominate Meera Joshi to serve as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Read more...