New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to eliminate toll booths from the State Thruway by 2020.
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TT's Seth Clevenger, Michael Freeze and Keiron Greenhalgh break down what ACT Expo revealed about trucking's road to sustainability.Â
Faster Page Loads Deliver Truckloads of New Drivers for U.S. Xpress
Traffic jams and speed limits may prevent truckers from driving any faster, but America’s largest independent truckload carrier has found a way to speed its internet connections with drivers across the country to help address its truck driver shortage.
January 5, 2018Sen. Schumer, Teamsters Push for Bill to Cover Pensions
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Peter King joined Long Island Teamsters Jan. 2 in calling for union pension shortfalls to be funded through Treasury bonds tied to the federal budget.
January 4, 2018Comment Period About to Close on Hotly Debated Glider Provision Repeal
WASHINGTON — To the Environmental Protection Agency, the trucking industry and clean air advocates, semi-trucks outfitted with glider kits represent a new front in the debate over government regulation. And this week happens to be a key week for deciding how and whether trucks like these can continue to be made and sold.
January 4, 2018Missouri Gas Tax Increase May Land on Ballot After Task Force Report
A panel set up by Missouri lawmakers wants Missouri voters to raise the state’s gasoline tax by a dime per gallon to help maintain one of the nation’s most extensive highway networks.
January 3, 2018Largest Automated Container Terminal Begins Operation in China
A $2.15 billion fully automated container terminal started operating at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port.
January 2, 2018UPS Touts Record Number of Package Returns This Holiday Season
Some 1.4 million packages are expected to be sent back to retailers on Jan. 3, according to UPS Inc., which has dubbed the massive return-to-sender day “National Returns Day.â€
January 2, 2018Philly’s Port Prepares for Further Growth: Bigger Ships, Expanded Cargoes, New Cranes
At the Port of Philadelphia, two harbor cranes, as large as any in the world, will arrive in early March.
January 2, 2018Companies Race to Create Sensors for Self-Driving Vehicles
To drive a car, you need to see the world around you. But computers are blind, so autonomous cars must rely on other ways to perceive their surroundings.
December 27, 2017Jacksonville, Fla., Opens Test Track to Future for Self-Driving Shuttles
The futuristic appeal of the autonomous vehicles that began operating Dec. 21 on the Jacksonville Transportation Authority test track is the prospect that eventually hundreds of them could be shuttling passengers around downtown.
December 21, 2017