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Transportation Committees Prep New Waterways Bill

Congressional transportation policymakers recently announced plans to kick off consideration of legislation aimed at improving the country’s transportation waterways.

January 19, 2022
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Tesla Rumor Mill Misfires, Exasperates Even Elon Musk

Steel Dynamics, a Fort Wayne, Ind.-based steel producer, has gotten all sorts of attention lately from Tesla fans and followers. This has been entirely unfounded, and is one of several examples of the narrative around the Elon Musk-led company getting ahead of reality recently.

January 19, 2022
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Oil Hits Seven-Year High as IEA Turns Bullish on Outlook

Oil climbed to the highest mark since October 2014 as the International Energy Agency said the market looked tighter than previously thought, with demand proving resilient to omicron.

January 19, 2022
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Army Corps of Engineers Gets $14 Billion to Help Ease Supply Chains

The Biden administration on Jan. 19 announced the release of $14 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers to fund 500 projects, with a focus on easing supply chain problems and addressing climate change.

January 19, 2022
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New Vaccine Rules Take Effect at Canadian Border

As of Jan. 15 new, tougher COVID-19 vaccine requirements took place for people to cross from the U.S. into Canada. That applies to truck drivers and other essential workers.

January 18, 2022
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NACFE Urges Medium-Duty Electrification

If your fleet uses vans and step vans, medium-duty box trucks, terminal tractors or heavy-duty regional haul tractors, then now is the time to think of them as viable options for electrification, the North American Council for Freight Efficiency stressed in its recent initial report from its three-week Run On Less-Electric demonstration in September.

January 18, 2022
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USPS Site Begins Taking COVID Test Requests

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Jan. 18 quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.

January 18, 2022
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Felony Charges Are First in a Fatal Crash Involving Tesla’s Autopilot

DETROIT — California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.

January 18, 2022
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TRB to Finalize ‘Critical Issues’ Report

WASHINGTON — Executives with the Transportation Research Board are readying a guiding document outlining issues deemed critical across modes of transportation, the group’s leadership recently announced during TRB’s annual meeting.

January 18, 2022
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Automakers Realize They Need to Develop EV Charging Networks

Electric vehicle makers are beginning to recognize that charging is so critical to their mission of selling vehicles that they can’t afford not to get involved in building and operating charging networks.

January 18, 2022