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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Business, Equipment, Safety, TCA

4 Million Accident-Free Miles and Still Trucking at 79

Four million miles and not so much as a fender-bender. Pennsylvania trucker Don Cook, 79, attributes his success to skill and patience — “You have to have your wits about you,” he said — but also to luck.

May 24, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Truckers Work to Purge Systems of Banned Chinese Technologies, but Challenges Remain

Most motor carriers doing business with the federal government are believed to have responded to a requirement that they do their best to purge technology systems of five banned Chinese technology providers said to be potential hackers into U.S. intelligence and defense agencies’ information systems.

May 24, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla Tests Lidar, Which Musk Once Scorned

Tesla Inc., whose boss Elon Musk says he can develop a fully self-driving car without using laser-sensor technology, has a contract to use such lidar sensors from Luminar Technologies Inc. for testing and development, according to people familiar with the matter.

May 24, 2021
Government, Safety

Commission Allocates $924 Million for California Infrastructure Projects

The California Transportation Commission allocated $924 million for critical infrastructure projects at its most recent meeting.

May 24, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Senate Panel Reaches Bipartisan Deal on Highway Funding Package

A group of senators said it reached a bipartisan agreement on highway funding a day after Republicans rejected the Biden administration’s trimmed-down $1.7 trillion infrastructure proposal.

May 24, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Illinois Releases $20.7 Billion Infrastructure Construction Plan

Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker joined various officials May 19 to announce the release of a $20.7 billion transportation construction plan for the state.

May 21, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Securing Your IT Network

Protecting your trucking company’s computer network from the latest cyberthreats is an even greater challenge in 2021 given the stubborn persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to security pros.

May 21, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Reaching Key Stage

WASHINGTON — Negotiations between the White House and Republican senators over President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan are reaching a crucial stage before more talks May 21 after the latest offer from GOP lawmakers left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement from their initial $568 billion proposal.

May 21, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

Likely Growth in Drone Deliveries Prompts NTSB to Expand Its Purview

The expected increase in commercial drone operations such as delivery flights is prompting accident investigators to expand the types of aviation crashes they plan to review.

May 20, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Board OKs Plan to End Exemption Process for Monocular Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Medical Review Board put its stamp of approval on a proposed plan for the agency to eliminate its exemption process for truck drivers with vision in only one eye.

May 20, 2021