The Road to Zero Coalition announced three more recipients of the Safe System Innovation Grants on April 23.
April 25, 2018GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
Road to Zero Coalition Charts Ambitious Goal to Reduce Traffic Deaths by 2050
National Safety Council CEO Deborah Hersman noted the goal of the newly formed Road to Zero Coalition is to dramatically reduce traffic deaths.
April 25, 2018SafetyTCA
A Man Tried to Jump Off a Detroit Overpass, Then 13 Truckers Saved Him
A unique act of heroism took place in the early morning hours of April 24 along I-696 in metro Detroit.
April 24, 2018GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyTCA
How Hackers Could Cause Chaos on America’s Roads and Railways
When hackers struck the Colorado Department of Transportation in a ransomware attack in February and again eight days later, they disrupted the agency’s operations for weeks.
April 24, 2018GovernmentBusinessSafety
Secretary Chao to Keynote Infrastructure Week
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is scheduled to headline this year’s Infrastructure Week starting May 14.
April 24, 2018GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyPerspective
Opinion: Safety Culture Falls Outside Government Purview
Should the federal government be measuring your company’s safety culture? The short answer is “no.” Absolutely not.
April 24, 2018GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogisticsAutonomous
Capitol Agenda for the Week of April 23: Denham Amendment
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) are seeking consideration on the House floor for an amendment that aims to clarify regulations related to motor carriers in a 1994 aviation policy law. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
April 23, 2018GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Several Members of Congress Send Letters Asking EPA to Drop Proposal to Repeal Glider Kit Regulation
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have written three letters to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt asking him to reconsider his proposal to repeal an Obama administration regulation that would limit the number of glider kits manufactured each year.
April 20, 2018BusinessEquipmentSafety
Dogged Pursuit Helps Ronnie Luckadoo Again Become South Carolina’s Top Trucker
Winning South Carolina’s truck driving championships for the fifth time last weekend feels, well, very satisfying, Ronnie Luckadoo of UPS Freight told Transport Topics.
April 20, 2018BusinessTechnologySafety
Could Truck Electronics Be the Next Cybersecurity Threat?
Welcome to a potentially new world of cybercrime: trucks targeted for theft or sabotage by hacking into engine control modules and planting malicious code.
April 20, 2018