SAN ANTONIO 鈥 A former world-class swimmer who earned accolades as the 鈥渇ittest truck driver in America鈥 is on a campaign to improve the poor state of truck dri-ver health.
May 16, 2016EditorialBusinessAutonomous
Editorial: Poor Driver Health a Serious Problem
Quite often when we use the word 鈥渉ealth鈥 in stories, it refers to company profits, freight demand or the economy at large. Similarly, many of our stories involving truck drivers have to do with pay and turnover. That is what you expect from a business-to-business publication.
May 16, 2016TechnologyBusinessAutonomous
ITLC Corner: Big Data, IoT Poised to Transform Trucking
It might astound you to realize that Apple鈥檚 iPhone has only been around for eight years. In that time, it has revolutionized not just the market for mobile devices, but also the very manner in which people consume information. The question of what 鈥 if anything 鈥 could bring that level of technological change to the trucking industry in the same period of time was recently posed to a group of industry insiders, and the results may not be what you expect.
May 12, 2016BusinessAutonomous
Trucking Adds 700 Jobs in April as Unemployment Holds at 5%
Trucking added 700 jobs in April and unemployment was unchanged at 5%, the Labor Department reported May 6.
May 6, 2016EditorialBusinessSafetyAutonomous
A Welcome Reduction
Readers of Transport Topics see stories every week that involve the different ways trucking companies, industry suppliers and government regulators all aim to improve highway safety. So signs of progress should not be a surprise.
April 25, 2016BusinessSafetyAutonomous
March Tonnage Increases 2.2% Amid Slow Economic Growth
Truck tonnage rose 2.2% in March on a year-over-year basis, reflecting slow economic growth and mixed freight trends, American Trucking Associations reported.
April 25, 2016BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Traffic Costs Industry $49.6 Billion During 2014, ATRI Study Shows
Traffic congestion on the nation鈥檚 highways added more than $49.6 billion in operational costs for the trucking industry in 2014, according to a study released April 19 by the American Transportation Research Institute.
April 25, 2016BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Mack Unveils 2017 Powertrain
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥 Mack Trucks celebrated Earth Day here by rolling out its 2017 powertrain designed to meet the second part of Phase 1 federal greenhouse-gas limits that start in January, including new technologies for its MP7 and MP8 engines.
April 22, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Senate Panel Approves DOT Issuing Speed Limiters Proposal in Fiscal 2017 Transportation Bill
WASHINGTON 鈥 Legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to advance a proposal on speed limiters for trucks was approved by a Senate panel April 21.
April 21, 2016BusinessAutonomous
Paccar Changes Kenworth, DAF Leadership
Truck maker Paccar Inc. shuffled the deck on the leadership of its subsidiaries, sending Preston Feight to the Netherlands to serve as president of DAF Trucks and bringing Mike Dozier home from Australia to succeed Feight as general manager of Kenworth Truck Co.
April 19, 2016