Transport TopicsOnce derided as socially awkward geeks wearing pocket protectors, engineers are doing the wildest things these days, especially in truck making.
March 28, 2016Nearly every significant rulemaking from the federal government is bound to be met with some skepticism and doubt from at least a portion of the freight transportation industry.
March 21, 2016The adage, 鈥淭he more things change, the more they stay the same,鈥 is one that can sum up the discussion at the Technology & Maintenance Council鈥檚 annual meeting perfectly. Except when it doesn鈥檛 at all.
March 7, 2016A lot of mixed economic news is floating around. Recent issues of Transport Topics and any other business publications can each give you a half-dozen reasons to cringe and be afraid, while there is an almost equal number of reasons to smile and be happy.
February 29, 2016Modern American business is a blizzard of numbers. If you can鈥檛 measure it, you can鈥檛 manage it, the business school mantra goes. 聽 聽
February 22, 2016Last May, speaking at a welcome dinner as part of a global ocean race, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urged those in attendance to take away two important points from the event.
February 8, 2016It has been anything but business as usual along the Eastern Seaboard the past few weeks.
February 1, 2016It鈥檚 time to wonder if crude oil, diesel fuel and gasoline are actually getting too cheap? A surprising notion, but for many people it鈥檚 already the case.
January 25, 2016Safety within the trucking industry continues to improve.
January 18, 2016No sooner than we ripped the plastic off our 2016 calendars came yet more news about the connection between the federal government and trucking.
January 11, 2016