The top two Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pressing the panel’s chairman and the chamber’s top tax policy authorizer to schedule a joint hearing very soon that focuses on a long-term highway bill.
May 11, 2015Government, Business, Safety
Top T&I Dems Request Hearing on Long-Term Highway Bill
Government, Business, Safety
VP Biden: Highway Funding Patch to ‘Hopefully, Occur Very Soon’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said Congress will soon unveil a highway funding patch that ensures states continue to receive federal funding assistance after transportation funding authority expires at the end of the month.
May 11, 2015Business, Safety
TT Archives: Freightliner's New Tractor
In 1995 Freightliner introduced its Century Class tractor during the American Trucking Associations annual conference.
May 11, 2015Business, Government, Safety
Mich. Voters Reject Sales-Tax Hike Central to Transportation Package
Michigan voters last week overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have raised the state sales tax to 7% from 6% as the key element in a sweeping transportation funding plan that now is dead.Â
May 11, 2015Business, Government, Safety
Vinyl Wraps Offer Flexibility, Cost Control for Fleets to Showcase Branding, Colors
The color a fleet chooses for its equipment is about more than appearances. For many, those hues are as vital to the company’s image as its name.
May 11, 2015Business, Safety
MiX Telematics Hires Pete Allen to Lead North American Sales
MiX Telematics, a global supplier of fleet-management technology, said it has hired Pete Allen as executive vice president of sales.
May 8, 2015Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
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, 2015Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
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, 2015Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous
American Fast Freight Buys Caribbean Shipping Services
American Fast Freight Inc., a logistics and trucking operator, announced the acquisition of Caribbean Shipping Services Inc. to expand in the U.S.-Puerto Rico ocean shipping market.
May 8, 2015Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
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