Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, held a press conference Feb. 4 to announce he has reintroduced the bill he put forth last year that would increase fuel taxes to pay for upgrading the nation’s aging transportation system.
February 4, 2015Business, Technology
Omnitracs Nears Milestone of 1 Million Mobile Assets Managed
DALLAS — Omnitracs said the company and its business units are now providing fleet-management technology for nearly 1 million mobile assets in 60 countries for close to 30,000 for-hire and private fleet customers.
February 9, 2015Business, Technology
ACS Advertising Sold, Becomes Conversion Interactive Agency
Kelley Walkup and Joanne Hazelwood said they have purchased ACS Advertising, an agency specializing in driver recruitment and retention, from document-management provider Pegasus TransTech.
February 9, 2015Business, Technology
CarrierWeb Reports 40% Sales Growth in 2014
Trucking technology supplier CarrierWeb said sales volume in the United States grew by a record 40% in 2014.
February 6, 2015Business, Technology
Chased by Google, Daimler Looks to Drones, Autonomous Vehicles
On the outskirts of Stuttgart, the German city where Gottlieb Daimler invented the automobile 129 years ago, a team of engineers is envisioning a future when people won’t own or even drive their cars.
February 5, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Technology, Equipment
Blumenauer Bill Would Raise Fuel Taxes; ATA’s Graves Touts Approach
Business, Technology
Drone Package Delivery Starts in China as Amazon Seeks US Test
Alibaba Group Holding is making its first trial drone deliveries in China, as e-commerce rival Amazon.com Inc. struggles to start a similar program in the U.S.
February 4, 2015Business, Technology
Cargomatic Raises $8 Million in Additional Funding
A California company that matches local loads with trucks via an app has received $8 million in additional funding from investors, including several in the trucking industry, it announced Jan. 29.
January 29, 2015Business, Technology, Autonomous
UPS, Google’s Schmidt Invest in Uber-Type Delivery Startup
Google Inc. chairman Eric Schmidt and UPS Inc. have invested in Roadie Inc., a service that links people who want packages shipped with people willing to drive them.
January 27, 2015Business, Technology
Orders for Capital Goods Decline, Signaling Global Growth Slowdown
Orders for business equipment unexpectedly fell in December for a fourth month, signaling a global growth slowdown is weighing on American companies.
January 27, 2015Business, Technology
McLeod Reports 65% Sales Growth in 2014
McLeod Software Inc. said its 2014 sales revenue jumped 65% from the previous year to a record level for the company.Â
January 22, 2015