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Pilot Program of DrayQ App at Washington Ports Scrapped

A pilot program of an app called DrayQ at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., was unsuccessful and the Northwest Seaport Alliance will scrap the experiment.

January 9, 2018

Tractor Aerodynamics Continue to Improve

Comparatively speaking, today’s over-the-road tractors are slick machines.Improved aerodynamics enables them to slide through the air better than any earlier generation while offering the potential for double-digit improvements in fuel efficiency.

January 9, 2018

Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 8: Infrastructure on the Horizon

Infrastructure will be this year’s top legislative priority for Republicans, if President Donald Trump gets his way. Fresh off a major win on tax reform, the Builder-in-Chief is eager to work his dealmaking skills and have Republican leaders send him a $1 trillion, 10-year funding proposal. Here's a look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

January 8, 2018

Pizza Hut Working With Toyota to Test Driverless Pizza Delivery

Toyota and Pizza Hut announced Jan. 8 a “global partnership,” that could see Pizza Hut pizzas delivered in autonomous vehicles designed and built by Toyota.

January 8, 2018

Self-Driving Car Firm Aurora to Expand After Deal With VW, Hyundai

Deals inked by the self-driving car firm Aurora with two major auto manufacturers will mean more jobs and more test vehicles on the streets in Pittsburgh, one of the company’s co-founders told the Tribune-Review.

January 8, 2018

Self-Driving Cars Hit Las Vegas Streets for Tech Tradeshow

LAS VEGAS — The self-driving car is getting closer to deployment in the real world for everyday passengers.

January 8, 2018

Can Bridges Handle Weight of Platooning Trucks? Engineering Firm Wants to Know

WASHINGTON — While truck-to-truck communication, driver training and safety have advanced the effort to hasten platooning to market, another critical aspect is looming and just may cause momentum to pull back some: the impact on infrastructure.

January 7, 2018

Faster Page Loads Deliver Truckloads of New Drivers for U.S. Xpress

Traffic jams and speed limits may prevent truckers from driving any faster, but America’s largest independent truckload carrier has found a way to speed its internet connections with drivers across the country to help address its truck driver shortage.

January 5, 2018

Editorial: Cold Outside, but Transportation’s a Hot Topic

It's cold outside, but trucking issues will heat up with the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting just around the corner.

January 4, 2018

XPO, DHL Back Tesla Semi

Logistics firms are joining trucking companies in checking out the potential for the Tesla Semi, with at least two testing prototypes of the electric truck.

January 4, 2018