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That’s a wrap for a year that has been very eventful, but probably won’t be remembered fondly by many.

A growing number of technology developers, searching for the next big industry ripe for transformation, have set their sights on trucking.

Watching markets at work does not have the attention-grabbing ability of championship sports or, say, the recent presidential election, but it is a worthwhile pastime for what it reveals about human ingenuity and problem-solving through subtle adaptations. Consider . . .

Daylight hours are dwindling rapidly now, yet this is the time to make hay because, in a sense, the sun is shining on makers of highway and transportation policy.

After 10 months of caucuses, primaries, conventions, campaigning and a general election, Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States.

There’s a lot riding on the U.S. presidential election this week, and it’s not just the choice between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton that will make a difference for the freight transportation industry.

Well, you can’t say that we didn’t warn you.

We have recently participated in a lot of discussion and activity about autonomous and platoon trucking, and while some of it has an exhilarating, almost science fiction feel to it — especially the in-person demonstrations — there also are aspects of it that are, well, commonplace.

It looks as if the comments on the speed-limiter proposal for heavy trucks will give the federal government plenty of reading material this winter.