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Second Round of NAFTA Talks Ends With Major Issues Unresolved

Representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada declared 鈥減rogress鈥 but unveiled no breakthroughs at the conclusion Sept. 5 of a second round of talks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement

September 6, 2017

Washington State to Test Pay-by-the-Mile Tax as a Way to Fund Highways

Next year the Washington State Department of Transportation expects gas-tax revenues to rise by 0.9%. It expects its construction costs to increase by 2.6%.

September 6, 2017

Commerce Department: Autonomous Vehicle Technology Will Create Winners and Losers in Transport Industries

Workers in the trucking and other industries that move people and goods could find themselves squeezed out of those jobs by the rise of self-driving trucks.

September 5, 2017

Highway From Mexico to Canada Looks for Traction

It鈥檚 only a modest 2.5 miles of a long-term plan to better connect Las Vegas and Phoenix 鈥 the two largest cities in the U.S. not currently linked by an interstate 鈥 and a longer-term dream to link Mexico, the U.S and Canada.

September 5, 2017

Houston Port Ready to Ease Shipping Backlog After Hurricane Harvey

More ships sailed into the Houston Ship Channel on Sept. 1 in what will be a parade of vessels laden with crude oil, consumer goods and cruise passengers that have been unable to dock in a region devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

September 5, 2017

Electric Trucks Will Help 鈥楰ill Dirty Diesel,鈥 California Lawmakers Say

Parked east of the California Capitol steps was a long line of vehicles as clean as they were large, including a yellow school bus, a UPS delivery truck and an AC Transit bus 鈥 all with electric or hybrid motors.

August 30, 2017

Scarce Truck Parking Has Atlanta Looking for Solutions

Not nearly enough parking exists in metro Atlanta for truckers who must comply with federal rules that limit how many hours they can drive 鈥 a shortage that鈥檚 about to get worse, thanks to new enforcement procedures

August 30, 2017

Port of Corpus Christi Remains Closed After Drilling Ship Breaks From Dock, Sinks Tugboat

The Port of Corpus Christi remains closed after an oil drilling ship broke from its mooring Aug. 26, sank a tugboat and beached in the ship channel鈥檚 entrance to the Gulf of Mexico.

August 29, 2017

Autonomous Transportation Committee Stalls Under Trump

A federal committee created to work on autonomous transportation hasn鈥檛 moved an inch under President Donald Trump.

August 28, 2017

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Eyes Chattanooga as Testing Ground for Driverless Trucking

Oak Ridge National Laboratory鈥檚 new director said Aug. 23 the lab is considering testing in Chattanooga related to autonomous driving and long-haul trucking.

August 24, 2017