A downturn in long-distance moves by individuals, corporations and the military in 2016 is putting pressure on household goods movers and could spur a new round of industry consolidation and retrenchment, executives and industry officials said.
January 9, 2017PerspectiveBusinessFuelAutonomousGovernmentEquipmentSafetyTechnology
Opinion: The Hidden Cost of Extended Idling
You don’t have to be a diesel mechanic to know that extended idling is bad for business. Frequent or prolonged idling increases emissions, wastes fuel and puts unnecessary wear on your engine. That’s why, due in large part to increasingly strict emissions standards, the trucking industry has seen a dramatic increase in idle-reduction technologies.
January 9, 2017EditorialBusinessSafetyGovernmentFuelLogistics
Editorial: Welcome to TRB
Twelve thousand people from around the world are so devoted to transportation, in all of its many forms, that they are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to participate in the 96th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
January 9, 2017BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomousLogisticsTechnologyEquipment
Nonbank Lending Rises in Late 2016; Truckers Struggle for Traditional Loans
Nontraditional bank lending to trucking companies picked up moderately in the second half of 2016 as fleets sought to survive during a sluggish freight market, according to lenders with exposure in transportation financing.
January 9, 2017GovernmentBusiness
Rhode Island, Maryland, Idaho Seek Grants From DOT for Infrastructure Improvements
Transportation officials from Rhode Island, Maryland and Idaho were among the applicants seeking federal grants to help pay for improvements to critical freight corridors in their states.
January 9, 2017Government
FMCSA Household Goods Panel Aims to Stop Dishonest Movers
WASHINGTON — An increasing number of today’s interstate household moves aren’t executed by the nation’s 4,153 traditional moving companies, according to the newly formed Household Goods Consumer Protection Working Group, posing potential harm to consumers by unregulated firms usually found online.
January 9, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment
Smart Windshields Seen as the New Ad Billboards
The next frontier in digital advertising may be your car’s windshield.
January 6, 2017Government
Oklahoma Transportation Department Presents Budget Needs to State Lawmakers
Lawmakers in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Jan. 5 sat through a second day of in-depth budget hearings that give agency heads a chance to ask for more money.
January 6, 2017Government
Montana Towns Band Together for Big Infrastructure Lobbying Push
When serious structural problems were discovered on two interchange bridges for interstates 15-90 in Butte, Montana state transportation officials scrambled to reroute semis and get immediate repair work under way.
January 5, 2017Government
Creative Highway Signs Get the Message Across to Rhode Island Drivers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New England motorists have become familiar with idiosyncratic highway safety messages ever since Massachusetts began urging them to "Use Yah Blinkah" two years ago. But the new Rhode Island billboards had some Rhode Islanders scratching their heads, in some cases as a matter of taste and others out of genuine confusion.
January 5, 2017