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BTS to Survey 150,000 Truck Owners This Year

A branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation this month is reviving a research effort to help gain a better understanding of the features and purposes of commercial vehicles on the country鈥檚 roadways.

February 1, 2022

GM鈥檚 Cruise Begins Offering Driverless Rides

Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., is offering free rides to nonemployees in San Francisco for the first time, a move that triggers another $1.35 billion from investor SoftBank Vision Fund.

February 1, 2022

Road Deaths Rise at Record Pace as Risky Driving Persists

WASHINGTON 鈥 The number of U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, the government reported Feb. 1, keeping up a record pace of increased dangerous driving during the coronavirus pandemic.

February 1, 2022

Fleets Can Take Steps to Reduce Risk of Cybersecurity Threats

It may not be possible to eliminate cybersecurity breaches, but with the right safeguards in place, trucking and logistics companies can reduce the risk of being hacked or falling victim to a ransomware attack, industry experts said.

February 1, 2022

N.J. DOT Latest to Offer Truckers Real-Time Traffic Alerts

New Jersey has launched a traffic-alert system using Drivewyze to warn commercial truckers about potential safety issues along 600 miles of state highways.

January 31, 2022

Guidebook Aims to Help Communities Tap Infrastructure Funds

The White House released a guidebook meant to assist state transportation agencies with navigating the provisions of a $1 trillion law enacted in November.

January 31, 2022

What Does a Poor Bridge Rating Mean?

A 50-year-old bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh had been rated as poor on a recent inspection report, but transportation officials and engineering experts cautioned that doesn鈥檛 necessarily signal imminent danger for the thousands of other U.S. bridges with the same designation.

January 31, 2022

鈥楾ens of Millions鈥 of COVID Tests Are in the Mail

About 60 million households in the U.S. have ordered at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government and 鈥渢ens of millions鈥 of tests have been shipped out by the U.S. Postal Service, according to White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre.

January 28, 2022

Bridge Collapses in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH 鈥 A 50-year-old bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Jan. 28, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet and form a human chain to reach occupants of a bus that had plummeted with the span into a park ravine.

January 28, 2022

DOT Announces Strategy to Address Increases in Roadway Deaths

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Jan. 27 released a multibillion-dollar plan that calls for actions to address what it called 鈥渁 national crisis in roadway fatalities and serious injuries.鈥

January 27, 2022