While many technologies will likely play a role in shaping the future of transportation, two of the most important will be the emergence of automated driving systems and the continuing evolution of data analytics.
September 16, 2016Autonomous Truck News
Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.
Search-Engine Optimization: How Savvy Trucking Firms Are Boosting Web Traffic
With trucking firms devoting more time to content marketing 鈥 the publishing of articles, videos, images and more to reinforce brand image 鈥 it鈥檚 becoming increasingly important to ensure that content is search-engine optimized.
September 16, 2016Automation, Analytics to Shape Trucking鈥檚 Future
Making the Right Turn
It鈥檚 a dire warning for a truck driver who has taken a wrong turn 鈥 a banner hanging over the roadway reading, 鈥淚f you hit this sign you will hit that bridge.鈥
September 16, 2016Volvo Shows Off SuperTruck Entry to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
WASHINGTON 鈥 Volvo Trucks North America unveiled its version of SuperTruck for inspection here by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Sept. 13, saying its VNL 670 highway tractor demonstrates an 88% gain in freight efficiency and an extra 70% in fuel efficiency.
September 13, 2016Self-Driving Trucks? Truckers Say: Hit the Brakes
SAN FRANCISCO 鈥 Walt Martin spent a decade as a longhaul truck driver, logging as many as 200,000 miles a year on the road.
September 12, 2016Opinion: It鈥檚 Always Time to Appreciate Our Truck Drivers
One thing we鈥檒l start to hear more about in the coming months is the next administration鈥檚 first 100 days in the Oval Office. It鈥檚 an opportunity to articulate a vision and begin executing new goals. As ATA鈥檚 new president and CEO, I鈥檓 nearing the end of my first hundred days in office and it has been an exciting time for me and our leadership team. There have been meetings to take and calls to make and all that goes into starting a new job, but we鈥檝e hit the ground running to start securing victories for the trucking industry.
September 12, 2016Editorial: Future Trucks Today
No quiet end to summer this year. Original equipment manufacturer executives have not been lounging poolside.
September 12, 2016DTNA鈥檚 Daum Cautious on Speed Limiters, Autonomous Expectations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. 鈥 The growing importance of fleets being able to regulate the speed of individual trucks through remote, over-the-air engine updates should be taken into account as the federal government considers a mandate requiring heavy-duty vehicles to utilize speed limiters, the president of Daimler Trucks North America said.
September 6, 2016When Self-Driving Vehicles Take to the Road, Impact on Jobs is Uncertain
Millions of Americans make a living by driving trucks, delivery vans, taxis and ride-hailing cars. When technology takes the wheel, what will happen to their livelihoods?
September 6, 2016Opinion: Jake Brakes Keep Drivers Safe on Steep Roads
You can鈥檛 work in the trucking industry for long without realizing the interconnectedness of the trucking world 鈥 goods with communities, roads with ports, airports and railways, regulations across international and provincial borders and municipal boundaries, you name it. Another connection may not be immediately apparent: Canada鈥檚 National Trucking Week and 鈥淛ake鈥 brakes.
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