Residents of a Florida neighborhood gathered on Monday to protest a recently enforced code that is putting their livelihoods in jeopardy. More than 100 truckers, farmers, and landscapers gathered in Palm Beach County, Florida on December 19th to protest Palm Beach County’s Code Enforcement. Since 2019, homeowners in the county have technically only been allowed to ...more
The New York Police Department (NYPD) shared a video focusing on how the Highway Motor Carrier Safety Unit is stepping up enforcement on commercial vehicles. The video was shared by NYPD on social media on December 19. It highlights a recent campaign to crackdown on overweight trucks in an effort to protect city infrastructure.“Heavy trucks ...more
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has closed both directions of I-84 on Tuesday morning for multiple vehicle crashes amid icy conditions. According to ODOT, I-84 is closed in both directions between Hood River and Troutdale (mile markers 17 — 64) as of around 5:30 a.m. on December 20.I-84 CLOSED… @OregonDOT just shut down I-84 ...more
A shiny red truck nestled by the lobby entrance greets visitors to American Trucking Associations’ new Washington, D.C., headquarters at 80 M Street SE, a glass-lined space that sits across from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The truck — donated by Ruan Transportation Management Systems, whose history with ATA stretches back as far as the ...more
U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell every month in 2022, sinking in December to a level not seen in more than a decade outside of the pandemic amid elevated mortgage rates and high construction costs. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge dropped 2 points this month to 31, the lowest level since June 2012 excluding ...more
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on certain businesses’ shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing in mid-December. Union Pacific has put more than 1,000 of these embargoes in place this year — significantly more than all the other major freight ...more
The national average price for diesel fuel continued to tumble, falling 15.8 cents to settle at $4.596 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Dec. 19. Highlights The price of a gallon of diesel has fallen six consecutive weeks for a total of 73.7 cents. The last time the cost was below $4.60 ...more
Longtime Great Dane CEO Bill Crown announced he will step down effective Jan. 1. Dean Engelage, Great Dane’s president, will succeed Crown. Engelage’s appointment is part of a managed executive transition, the trailer maker reported. “It has been a privilege to serve Great Dane as CEO over the past 25 years, where both our internal ...more
