16 Oct Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker Promotes $18 Billion Transportation Plan Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker recently testified before the state’s Joint Committee on Transportation to promote proposed legislation for an $18 billion transportation plan. Read more...
16 Oct New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Thruway Toll Plan Shadows $2.7 Billion Bond Sale New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s still-unclear policy on future toll increases for the new Tappan Zee Bridge and the 570-mile New York State Thruway is casting uncertainty over the agency’s outlook as it returns to the municipal-bond market. Read more...
16 Oct Volvo to Cut Carbon Footprint in Bid to Sell Electric SUVs Volvo is tying the launch of its first all-electric vehicle — the XC40 Recharge crossover — to a broader plan for shrinking the carbon footprint of its models by 40% through 2025. Read more...
16 Oct Europe’s Ports May Have Spent Millions on Brexit for Nothing The port of Calais on France’s northern coast has spent 6 million euros ($6.6 million) on facilities for customs officers, updated signage around freshly painted roads and huge extra parking lots for trucks. It may all end up being pointless. Read more...
16 Oct GM Has Tentative Deal With UAW, Though Strike May Continue General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, and the union will decide Oct. 17 whether to continue a more than monthlong strike while the deal is voted on by members. Read more...
16 Oct Medium-Duty Gains in September Led by Class 7 U.S. retail sales of Class 4 through Class 7 trucks rose 5.8% in September compared with a year earlier, and included large gains in Freightliner sales of Class 7 vehicles. Read more...
16 Oct Utility Joins ATA Heroes Truck Program SAN DIEGO — American Trucking Associations announced that Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. will be the exclusive trailer sponsor for the federation’s Heroes Truck workforce development program. Read more...
16 Oct New York Utility in Faceoff With Gov. Andrew Cuomo Eyes Natural Gas by Truck The New York utility owner that’s gone head-to-head with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over a new natural gas pipeline has a backup plan for easing a winter supply crunch: send the fuel by truck. Read more...
16 Oct China Beats US 8-1 When It Comes to Charging Electric Cars There are almost as many places to charge your electric vehicle in Beijing as there are in the entire United States. Read more...
16 Oct After Nearly 35 Years With Port Association, CEO Nagle Retires on Top Kurt Nagle left the helm of the American Association of Port Authorities on Oct. 16, retiring as its president and CEO after serving the organization for more than three decades. Read more...