ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

The American Transportation Research Institute is nearing completion of research that will support claims by many motor carriers that eliminating nonpreventable crashes from their safety profiles would significantly improve their Compliance, Safety Accountability crash scores, according to a top ATRI researcher.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is scheduled to expand on the role of public-private partnerships, or P3s, at an event at the Port of Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 1.

The average sales price for used Class 8 vehicles softened in August amid a strong supply of lower-mileage aerodynamic sleepers and a continuing trend of price depreciation in the market overall, analysts said.

Nearly half of commercial vehicle drivers in a survey by American Transportation Research Institute said they would refuse to pay for reserved parking.

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx touted the Obama administration’s effort to streamline infrastructure projects through certain improvements to the Federal Infrastructure Permitting Dashboard.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Retail sales of new Class 8 tractors in the United States remain on pace to set a new record this year, according to a leading industry analyst.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — International freight has re-emerged as the driving force for intermodal growth because factors such as lower diesel prices and suboptimal rail service have slowed increases in domestic truck-rail freight, experts said.

Federal regulators have taken steps to push the trucking industry toward greater adoption of low-rolling-resistance tires on trucks and trailers in the years ahead, but developing these increasingly efficient tires involves more than simply tweaking a rubber compound, manufacturers said.