The White House Office of Management and Budget has completed its review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final rule on electronic stability control systems for heavy vehicles, bringing it a step closer to publication.
May 27, 2015BusinessTechnology
PeopleNet Acquires Cadec to Expand Its Technology for the Private-Fleet Sector
Trucking technology supplier PeopleNet has acquired Cadec Global Inc. in a move that expands the company’s fleet-management offerings for the foodservice and private-fleet sectors.
May 26, 2015BusinessTechnology
CarrierWeb Appoints James Gamache President
Trucking technology supplier CarrierWeb has appointed James Gamache president of U.S. operations.
May 22, 2015GovernmentBusinessTechnology
Replay: LiveOnWeb Reporter Roundtable Examines Highway Funding
To recap Infrastructure Week, LiveOnWeb Reporter Roundtable pulls top transportation insiders from Transport Topics, CQ Roll Call, POLITICO Pro and Bloomberg BNA for additional perspectives – what was accomplished and what’s the prognosis for a highway fund solution? Watch the replay.
May 18, 2015BusinessTechnology
Self-Driving Truck Technology Advances
While self-driving trucks may still seem like a concept that is several years from becoming reality, using wireless communications to connect commercial trucks with each other and signals from the infrastructure may be just around the corner.
May 18, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyAutonomous
Daimler’s Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler’s global truck and bus unit, said “whoever has the regulatory framework in place” will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it
WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and index the tax to inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.
May 13, 2015BusinessTechnology
Replay: LiveOnWeb Tackles Highway Funding Issue
Watch the replay: With the clock ticking for Congress to come up with a road funding plan, LiveOnWeb penetrates to the heart of the matter: How do we overcome this perpetual highway funding roadblock?
May 12, 2015BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
Flexport Wants to Be the Uber of Ocean Freight
Uber Technologies Inc. is changing the way people move around cities; Flexport wants to do the same with cargo in the holds of ocean-going containerships.
May 11, 2015FuelBusinessTechnology
OEMs Expand Their Presence in Telematics, Will Work With Tech Vendors, DTNA Says
PRINCETON, N.J. — Original equipment manufacturers will play a larger role in the telematics market in the years ahead, but their efforts will complement the services already provided by third-party technology suppliers rather than replacing them, an OEM’s telematics director told trucking technology professionals here.
May 11, 2015