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Watch: Class 8 Truck Sales End Nearly a Year of Declines

U.S. Class 8 retail sales ended 11 consecutive months of year-over-year declines with a small uptick in July, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

August 15, 2024
BusinessTechnology

News: Bestpass & Drivewyze Join Forces in Major Acquisition

Bestpass-Fleetworthy Solutions has acquired connected truck and weigh station network operator Drivewyze, the companies announced Aug. 7. 

August 13, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Watch: Biden’s ‘Infrastructure Decade’ Becoming More Concrete

From coast to coast, a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package is breathing life into long-awaited transportation projects.

August 7, 2024
EquipmentSafety

60 Seconds: Lighting System for Truckers Parked Precariously Alongside Highways

Drivers whose trucks are sidelined along a busy highway with service issues have for decades been required to place warning triangles behind the trailer to alert oncoming traffic, sometimes requiring them to walk precipitously in the often narrow space between the trailer and the highway as traffic whizzes by. 

August 2, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Update: Clean Fuels Alliance America to Sue EPA

Clean Fuels Alliance America told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it will sue over the agency’s delay in establishing 2026 biofuel volumes.

July 29, 2024
Business

60 Seconds: Federal Regulators Hear Complaints About Predatory Towing

Truckers say they are victims of overly excessive fees. Towers claim they often go unpaid. 

July 19, 2024
BusinessLogistics

Update: ATA Reports Tonnage Turnaround With 1.5% Rise

The trucking industry experienced its first increase in tonnage this year in May, American Trucking Associations reported June 18. 

June 28, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

60 Seconds: FHWA Chief Endorses Benefits of Transportation Technologies

Federal Highway Administration leader Shailen Bhatt pressed federal lawmakers to consider a vast portfolio of applications designed to enhance safety along commercial and passenger corridors

June 20, 2024
BusinessSafety

60 Seconds: Fuel Prices to Rise in Five States on July 1

Drivers to pay more at the pump as fuel tax increases are set to take effect July 1 in California, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia. 

June 10, 2024
BusinessSafety

Report: Cargo Thefts Remained Unusually High in First Quarter

Verisk Analytics’ CargoNet reported that criminal activities impacting the logistics and transportation industry increased 46% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2024. Document forgery, in particular, has emerged as a new type of crime in cargo thefts. Story via Connor D. Wolf.  

June 5, 2024