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Transit Group Brings Three More Into Flock

Transit Group of Atlanta announced plans to acquire three more trucking companies, bringing to 18 the number it has purchased since July 1997.

June 9, 1999

Opinion: Support Transit, Free Our Roads

We need to mount an aggressive agenda to address highway congestion.

June 9, 1999

Trailer Tracking Comes of Age

Schneider National may have validated the technology that makes it possible to locate and track trailers unhooked from power units in announcing at the end of April a deal to retrofit much of its fleet of 43,000 trailers with a product developed by Vantage Tracking Solutions.

June 9, 1999

ATA Council to Hold First Technology Meeting

The American Trucking Associations’ Information Technology & Logistics Council is expected to draw about 300 participants to its first meeting to discuss advances and other technological trends affecting trucking.

June 9, 1999

In Pursuit of the Elusive Transponder Standard

The debate over on-highway electronic clearance of commercial trucks has broken down into two major turf wars: One battlefield pits the private vs. the public sector and the other arena is technology.

June 9, 1999

Cab-Mounted Cameras Are Cousins of the 'Black Box'

When you’re the driver of the big rig, it isn’t easy to convince a jury that the accident wasn’t your fault. But what if you had undeniable evidence that the four-wheeler cut you off and then slammed on his brakes right in front of you?

June 9, 1999

Winnowing the Choices of Technology: Look for the Benefit

A National Research Council study suggests people are eager to use technology to make business processes more efficient, but that it may take some digging to determine which are the best tools.

June 9, 1999

Railroads Are Ready to Fight Reflector Rule

U.S. railroads are girding themselves for a fight over a possible mandate that they install reflective markings on more than 1.7 million rail cars at a cost of more than $400 million.

June 9, 1999

Trucking Logos Join Big Names in Nascar

Nascar races these days are a far cry from the events where beer-loving, good old boys used to tailgate in their pickup trucks and watch their favorite drivers zip around the track.

June 9, 1999