The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning unveiled a report that suggests creating a special metropolitan freight fund to pay for freight-related infrastructure improvements.
June 12, 2014Government, Business, Safety
Chicago Planning Agency Proposes Freight Fund for Infrastructure
Business, Safety, Government
New Century Files for Bankruptcy, Plans Liquidation
New Century Transportation Inc. has filed for bankruptcy, and the less-than-truckload and truckload carrier intends to sell its assets after closing its doors earlier this week.
June 12, 2014Government, Business, Safety
Key Senator To Support Short-Term Highway Trust Fund Fix
At a hearing considering the nominations of two senior Department of Transportation officials June 11, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said he would support a short-term legislative fix prior to the August congressional recess that would shore up a depleted federal highway account.
June 11, 2014Business, Government, Safety
Love’s Creates Factoring Service
Love’s Travel Stops said it has created Love’s Financial, a factoring service meant to help drivers manage business and cash flow needs.
June 10, 2014Business, Safety, Equipment, Autonomous
May Truck Orders Climb 14.2%
Class 8 truck sales climbed 14.2% in May from a year earlier, offering further evidence that the industry has begun to enter a growth cycle, ACT Research reported.
June 4, 2014Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous
Elephants Take Truck Odyssey from Calgary to D.C. Zoo
A pair of North American zoos used two tractors pulling drop-deck trailers to carry a trio of female Asian elephants to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., from Calgary, Alberta, quickly and in comfort.
June 2, 2014Business, Fuel, Safety, Government
Mich. May Replace Per-Gallon Tax with Wholesale Levies on Fuels
Michigan state senators are still attempting to hammer out a transportation funding plan that would replace the state’s per-gallon tax on diesel and gasoline with a wholesale sales tax on fuel.
June 2, 2014Business, Safety
Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises 8.6% for Week
U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 8.6% in the week ended May 24 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
May 30, 2014Business, Safety, Government
Nafta Trade Value Rises 6.2% in March
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico in March increased by 6.2% to $101.5 billion from 2013, to the second highest amount on record, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported May 29.
May 29, 2014Government, Business, Safety
GAO Says Defense Department Should Improve on Hazmat Shipments
A federal report said the Department of Defense should improve the regulations and procedures governing the transportation of hazardous materials.
May 29, 2014