10 Dec NJ to Borrow $500 Million for Transit Governor Phil Murphy’s administration approved $500 million of borrowing without legislative or voter approval to help cash-strapped New Jersey Transit replace decrepit commuter buses and trains. Read more...
10 Dec NACFE Report Predicts Multiple Fuels Will Give Way to Battery-Electric The North American Council for Freight Efficiency forecasts commercial battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell trucks will be capable of lower total cost of ownership, compared with baseline diesel trucks, in the 2030 time frame. Read more...
10 Dec Perspective: New Year, New Logistics Efficiencies As the year comes to a close, it’s a natural time for companies to look at what worked in 2019 and what didn’t, and make plans for the year ahead. For some companies, taking a hard look at their order fulfillment workflow — and ways it might be streamlined in 2020 — is a New Year’s resolution to consider. Read more...
10 Dec Celadon ‘Didn’t Get the Time’ It Needed, Analyst Says A Wall Street analyst who tracks Celadon Group said a lack of time and weakness in the trucking sector contributed to the company’s decision to file for bankruptcy and close its doors. Read more...
10 Dec Tesla on Autopilot Rear-Ends a Parked Cop Car in Connecticut Another Tesla Inc. vehicle operating on the carmaker’s driver-assistance system branded as Autopilot has crashed into a parked emergency vehicle, eliciting fresh warnings about the shortcomings of automated technology on public roads. Read more...
10 Dec Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn to Step Down Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn, who has led the Maryland Department of Transportation since 2015, is stepping down. Read more...
10 Dec FCC Approves Proposal to Proceed With 5.9 GHz Changes WASHINGTON — Despite opposition from leading transportation groups, the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 12 unanimously moved to proceed with a proposal that would devote a significant aspect of auto safety airwaves to broadband uses, with a remainder for a new cellular connected-vehicle technology. Read more...
10 Dec Spread the News: Self-Driving Truck Makes Cross-Country Butter Delivery A Silicon Valley startup has completed what appears to be the first commercial freight cross-country trip by an autonomous truck, which finished a 2,800-mile-run from Tulare, Calif., to Quakertown, Pa., for Land O’Lakes in less than three days. The trip was smooth like butter, 40,000 pounds of it. Read more...
10 Dec Volvo Group Venture Capital Invests in Apex.AI, Autotech Ventures Volvo Group Venture Capital AB announced it invested in Apex.AI, a startup software company involved in autonomous mobility, to help fund the development of a safety-certified software framework for autonomous systems. Read more...
10 Dec House Democrats Plan USMCA Vote as Nancy Pelosi Lauds Revised Deal House Democrats plan a vote the week of Dec. 16 on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members, saying the deal was changed to meet her demands. Read more...