A massive, mostly vacant land parcel beside Philadelphia International Airport could become a bustling shipping hub for everything from medicine to car parts under a plan to develop the site into a new air-freight complex serving a swath of the northeastern United States.
February 14, 2018TCA
Autonomous Cars May Cut Workplace Deaths, Official Says
Transportation-related workplace injuries might be slashed over time as autonomous vehicles become more common, state leaders said at a workshop in Springfield, Ohio, on Feb. 13.
February 14, 2018With Waymo Settlement, Uber CEO Clears the Way for Company鈥檚 Future
It鈥檚 a paradox: How can paying a quarter of a billion dollars to a rival and issuing an apology be considered a win?
February 13, 2018Minnesota DOT Installing Technology to Guide Truckers to Parking Spaces
Truck drivers passing through Minnesota who need of a safe place to pull off the road will be getting help from the Minnesota Department of Transportation, which last week began installing new technology that will let them know in real time if rest areas still have parking spaces available.
February 13, 2018Delivering the Goods: U.S. Xpress Offers Team Bonuses Up to $50,000
With demand for long-haul driver teams outstripping supply, one of the country鈥檚 largest truckload carriers Feb. 12 launched a compensation plan to provide team drivers up to $50,000 in bonuses and four weeks of paid vacation every year.
February 13, 2018Former Pilot Flying J Sales Exec Ordered Up Fraud 'Manual'
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. 鈥 It was getting tough to keep up with the cheating, and getting caught had proven expensive for the nation鈥檚 largest diesel fuel retailer. But Pilot Flying J sales executive Arnie Ralenkotter had a solution: A fraud 鈥渕anual.鈥
February 12, 2018Ford鈥檚 Commercial Vehicle Strategy Powers the Company Through Thick and Thin
While Wall Street pounds Ford Motor Co.鈥檚 response to high-profile, recent trends like self-driving vehicles and the shift from sedans to SUVs, an underappreciated, century-old company mainstay continues to chug along, delivering dominant sales and consistent profits.
February 9, 2018Wintry Weather Illustrates One Challenge Facing Vehicle Automation
Snow-covered blacktop can be a big problem for autonomous vehicles, which to this point largely use cameras that zero in on lane markings to guide the car down the highway.
February 8, 2018Uber鈥檚 Kalanick: We Didn鈥檛 Hire Waymo Engineer to Steal Self-Driving Secrets
Travis Kalanick got some vindication in court on Feb. 7. Under friendly cross-examination by a lawyer for Uber 鈥 the ride-hailing company he co-founded and led until it ousted him last June 鈥 Kalanick got a chance to present himself as an earnest guy who loved his work, cared about the future and didn鈥檛 take illicit shortcuts as he competed aggressively in the race for self-driving cars.
February 8, 2018