The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced plans 鈥渙ver the next year and beyond鈥 to issue a new proposal that would set standards and require heavy trucks to be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.
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Biden Will Need More Than $52 Billion for Chip Effort, Analysts Say
President Joe Biden鈥檚 blueprint for the U.S. semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and pre-empt a rival effort from China.
June 9, 2021AASHTO, ITS America Appeal FCC鈥檚 5.9 GHz Spectrum Decision
Opposition to the Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 ruling on the 5.9 GHz transportation spectrum band remains active as a pair of stakeholders are formally pushing back on the agency鈥檚 move.
June 8, 2021House Lawmakers Introduce Speed Limiters Bill
A bill to require speed limiters on heavy commercial trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 7, 2021Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans
A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.
June 2, 2021Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises
In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it鈥檚 not enough.
June 1, 2021GOP Offers $928B on Infrastructure, Funded With COVID Aid
Republican senators outlined a $928 billion infrastructure proposal May 27 that would tap unused coronavirus aid, a counteroffer to President Joe Biden鈥檚 more sweeping plan as the two sides struggle to negotiate a bipartisan compromise and remain far apart on how to pay for the massive spending.
May 27, 2021The Commercial EV Buzz Is Coming From Infrastructure
It鈥檚 spring, and talk of electric vehicle infrastructure is sprouting all over.
May 27, 2021Task Force Announces Support for Proposed Chicago Towing Ordinance
A trucking industry and insurance coalition against predatory towing company practices has sent a letter of support to several Chicago aldermen who are leading an effort to revise a city ordinance that would create a first-ever license for tow truck operators.
May 25, 2021Green Hydrogen Seen Fueling Heavy Trucks, Buses by 2030
Long heralded as the clean energy fuel of the future that will play a key role in decarbonization, attractive hydrogen prices could finally be in sight.
May 25, 2021