Autonomous Truck News
Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.
Ohio Turnpike Raises Speed Limit
The speed limit for cars and trucks on the Ohio Turnpike will go from 65 to 70 miles an hour starting April 1, a change that the state鈥檚 trucking industry opposes.
December 21, 2010Improving Prospects for 2011
The evidence continues to mount that 2011 will turn out to be a pretty good year for the U.S. economy in general and for trucking in particular.
December 6, 2010Improving Prospects for 2011
The evidence continues to mount that 2011 will turn out to be a pretty good year for the U.S. economy in general and for trucking in particular.
December 6, 2010EPA Reports Better Light-Truck Emissions
A new聽Environmental Protection Agency showed an improvement in fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions for new cars and light-duty trucks in 2009.
November 19, 2010Opinion: Protecting Essential Trucking Data
Big-picture executives have the ability to see well beyond the day-to-day grind. If you鈥檙e in this category, you support an active safety department and insist on taking a variety of preventive measures.
November 19, 2010Opinion: Trucking Work-Injury Programs
Earlier this year, American Trucking Associations released a very upbeat forecast for U.S. freight transportation.聽That鈥檚 good news, but motor carriers will be challenged to keep pace with this growth.
November 10, 2010Trucking Adds 300 Jobs as Unemployment Holds at 9.6%
Although private sector employment increased by 159,000 overall during the month of October, for-hire trucking employment only grew by 300, according to the聽Labor Department.
November 9, 2010ATA to Ask EPA to Keep California from Requiring Filters for APUs
American Trucking Associations has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to refuse to allow California to chart its own path on requirements governing auxiliary power units on trucks.
October 19, 2010Diesel Average Jumps to $3 a Gallon
The average cost of U.S. retail diesel climbed 4.9 cents last week to $3 a gallon, the first time trucking鈥檚 main fuel has reached that level in more than four months, the Department of Energy reported.
October 11, 2010Letters: Truck Deaths Down, Broker鈥檚 Bond, CVSA & Zero Fatalities, Another Step-Van Fan
I just read the great news in your well-written article in Transport Topics, headlined 鈥淭ruck Deaths Plunge 20%; NHTSA Says 2009 Was Safest Year on Record.鈥
October 4, 2010