The American Transportation Research Institute’s recently announced list of research priorities for 2020 includes several key trucking industry issues, ranging from legal settlements to vehicle-miles-traveled taxes.
May 13, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
Illinois Directs $25 Million to Speed Grants for Infrastructure
Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity recently announced that $25 million in grant funding will be used to accelerate work on planned infrastructure projects.
May 13, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyTCA
Tesla Operations Can Resume in California if Conditions Are Met
Alameda County officials said May 12 they have agreed to allow Tesla to reopen as early as next week if the auto manufacturer agrees to certain safety conditions.
May 13, 2020BusinessSafetyLogistics
Amazon Says Deliveries Returning to Normal After COVID-19 Crush
Amazon .com Inc. says the one- and two-day delivery times that shoppers have come to expect should gradually return in coming weeks as the online retailer catches up from a demand surge tied to the coronavirus outbreak.
May 13, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
CVSA’s 2020 Operation Safe Driver Week to Go On as Scheduled July 12-18
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 2020 Operation Safe Driver Week will go on as scheduled July 12-18, the trade association representing roadside inspectors announced May 12.
May 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyTCA
Alameda County Orders Tesla’s Fremont Plant to Stop Production
Alameda County officials sent a letter to a top Tesla safety employee May 11 ordering the company to cease manufacturing at its Fremont, Calif., plant, the strongest step local government has taken to check the electric car maker’s defiance of health orders.
May 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
Democrats’ $3 Trillion New Virus Bill Aids States, Essential Workers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package May 12, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals.
May 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafetyPerspective
Perspective: Crisis Reveals Strength of Industry
While the supply chain may have bent at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, it did not break — and that was due to the dedication, hard work and coordination of many trucking companies, truck drivers, mechanics, dockworkers and others who met the challenge head-on.
May 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
North Carolina Extends Expiration Dates for Licenses, Registrations
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles will extend license and registration expiration dates for more than two dozen credentials, including those that apply to truck drivers, in accordance with Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 relief package.
May 12, 2020GovernmentBusinessSafety
COVID-19 Will Exacerbate Rural Transportation Funding Needs, TRIP Finds
Rural transportation needs face a significant funding deficit that will be compounded by the coronavirus pandemic’s blow to state revenue sources, according to a recent report from The Road Information Program.
May 12, 2020