MEXICO CITY 鈥 The United States, Mexico and Canada are likely to reach a basic accord over reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement, or聽NAFTA, by the middle of next year, the head of the biggest U.S. business lobby group said聽April 23.
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Executives, Lawmakers to Explore Rail Safety Systems at April 26 Hearing
Improving how freight travels via rail nationwide will be the dominant theme of a House subcommittee hearing on April 26.
April 24, 2017Platinum Equity to Buy American Traffic Solutions
Platinum Equity has agreed to buy American Traffic Solutions, a company that provides red-light and speed safety cameras along with automated toll-payment and violation-management systems in the United States and Canada.
April 24, 2017Capitol Agenda for the Week of April 25: Promises, Promises
As it becomes apparent that聽President Donald Trump won't be able to deliver聽a "big" infrastructure plan during his first 100 days in office, AAR's Ed Hamberger talks with us about freight rail's stake in infrastructure.聽Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
April 25, 2017FMCSA Officials Get an Earful at Automated CMV Listening Session
Federal trucking regulators got a lot of questions at a public 鈥渓istening session鈥 on highly automated commercial vehicles, but they were quick to admit they have yet to come up with the answers to many of them.
April 24, 2017Tiger Cool Express Receives Funding, Hires President
Tiger Cool Express, a provider of refrigerated intermodal service launched in 2013, has received 鈥渟ignificant鈥 additional equity funding from the company鈥檚 private equity backers, according to CEO Tom Finkbiner, who also said that he plans to step down later this year after a successor is found.
April 24, 2017Training Vital for E-Log Deployment, Fleets Say
PHOENIX 鈥 With just eight months remaining until the federal electronic logging mandate goes into effect, fleets that still rely on paper driver logs soon will need to make the transition to e-logs, but that process involves much more than simply installing a device in a truck.
April 20, 2017ELDs Now or Later? Early Adopters Can Choose
Sometimes it pays to be early. Many carriers still using paper driver logs will need to hustle in the coming months to install electronic logging devices in their trucks by Dec. 18, the implementation deadline for the federal ELD mandate. Fleets that already have deployed e-logs, on the other hand, will be afforded much more flexibility.
April 20, 2017Cities Need to Incorporate Autonomous Technology in Infrastructure Plan, National League of Cities Recommends
As cities craft long-term visions for their transportation grids, planners should begin to incorporate ways to facilitate a reliance on autonomous vehicles, a report by the National League of Cities recommended.
April 21, 2017Editorial: Saving the Planet? It鈥檚 on Us
While President Donald Trump is calling for reversals of some environmental regulations, it鈥檚 important to note what isn鈥檛 changing. And that is the commitment that freight carriers, truck makers and even some shippers, such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are making to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
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