San Diego adding CNG buses
The San Diego, Calif., Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has officially retired the last of its diesel buses and added two more electric buses to its fleet. The agency has a long history of adopting clean…
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Border Bridge Will See Major Expansion
Speeding up commercial truck traffic will be a priority when the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge’s largest expansion project in history is completed in 2023, said Luis Bazán, general director of the South Texas bridge. The expansion…
Autonomous Trucks Aren’t Threat, Officials Say
Meera Joshi, the new acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, made headlines recently with her comments about how autonomous truck technology would affect truck-driving jobs, saying there are real and broad impacts…
ATA Forms Advisory Board
American Trucking Associations (ATA) has formed a new advisory board to advise the association on ways to grow and strengthen relationships between the trucking industry and law enforcement organizations across the country. The new Law…
Amazon Adding More Than 700 CNG Trucks
Amazon Inc. is adding more than 700 compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks to its fleet as it looks for ways to reduce emissions in its operations, according to industry reports. Due to various degrees of…
Tractor Weights Climbing
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has issued an updated report on the changing trends of light-weighting technologies since the council last published a study on the topic in 2015, including strategies to…
Truckers Oppose Bridge Tolls
Truckers are pushing back at a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s proposal to add tolls to nine vehicle bridges across the state, including on Interstate 79, to close a funding gap to widen the roadway and…
Last Year Saw Carrier Surge
As freight volumes have risen over time, the U.S. also has seen a steady increase in the number of new for-hire trucking companies authorized each year. Over the past 20 years, the upward trend has…
Refinery Closings Increasing
Permanent refining capacity closures expected for 2020-2021 have risen to about 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) as the COVID-19 pandemic hammers demand for oil products, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). About a…
3 Leading Issues For Trucking This Year
As the Biden administration and the new Democrat-controlled Congress have rolled up their sleeves and gotten to work, there are a number of issues related to trucking that are likely to see action on this…
