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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

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Replay: LiveOnWeb Tackles Highway Funding Issue

Watch the replay: With the clock ticking for Congress to come up with a road funding plan, LiveOnWeb penetrates to the heart of the matter: How do we overcome this perpetual highway funding roadblock?

May 12, 2015
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Flexport Wants to Be the Uber of Ocean Freight

Uber Technologies Inc. is changing the way people move around cities; Flexport wants to do the same with聽cargo in the holds of ocean-going containerships.

May 11, 2015
FuelBusinessTechnology

OEMs Expand Their Presence in Telematics, Will Work With Tech Vendors, DTNA Says

PRINCETON, N.J. 鈥 Original equipment manufacturers will play a larger role in the telematics market in the years ahead, but their efforts will complement the services already provided by third-party technology suppliers rather than replacing them, an OEM鈥檚 telematics director told trucking technology professionals here.

May 11, 2015
BusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Ryder Adds More Than 1,000 Trucks with Automated Transmissions to Rental Fleet

Truck leasing and rental provider Ryder System Inc. said it is upgrading its North American rental fleet with more than 1,000 trucks equipped with automated manual transmissions.

May 8, 2015
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Peterbilt Offers Tire Pressure Monitoring System with Model 587

Peterbilt Motors Co. said the Bendix SmarTire tire-pressure monitoring system is now available for its Model 587 tractors.

May 8, 2015
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Berend Bracht Picked to Succeed Joe McAleese as Bendix CEO

Berend Bracht has been appointed to replace Joe McAleese as CEO of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, the Elyria, Ohio-based manufacturer of safety and braking systems for commercial vehicles.

May 7, 2015
BusinessSafetyTechnologyGovernmentAutonomous

TT Archives: Substance Abuse Testing

In 1994, after several years of preparation alcohol testing was announced for truck and bus drivers in both interstate and intrastate commerce. These regulations 鈥渂uild on the transportations industry鈥榮 track record with drug testing over the past three years,鈥 said Transportation Secretary Federico Pena.

May 4, 2015
BusinessTechnology

FMCSA: Use of Tech Won鈥檛 Guarantee Rewards

CINCINNATI 鈥 While trucking industry groups generally welcomed a proposal by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to offer rewards to carriers that operate safely, the agency鈥檚 safety chief said the use of technologies alone wouldn鈥檛 necessarily lead to relief.

May 4, 2015
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

NTSB Recommends Video Recorders on Heavy Trucks and Buses

The National Transportation Safety Board on April 29 issued a recommendation that heavy truck and bus fleet operators deploy in-cab video system recorder technology to monitor their drivers.

April 30, 2015
GovernmentBusinessFuelSafetyTechnologyEquipment

Temporary Funding Bill Still Up in the Air, Chairman Bill Shuster Says

WASHINGTON 鈥 With only 33 days left to pass a temporary funding extension for the nation鈥檚 transportation system, the man who heads the House Transportation Committee said he doesn鈥檛 know where the money will come from or how long the extension will last. 聽 聽

April 28, 2015