A historic truck stop in Colorado caught fire on Sunday morning. The incident occurred on Sunday, March 2nd in Adams County, Colorado at about 4 a.m. According to Fox 31, the South Adams County Fire Department responded to the now-abandoned Deno’s 6 and 85 Restaurant and Lounge on reports of heavy flames. Around 4am this morning, ...more
Fleet Optimization with Kinedyne Solutions
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Low Mississippi River Limits Barges
Barges float in the Mississippi River as a portion of the riverbed is exposed on Sept. 15 in St. Louis. (Jeff Roberson/AP) DES MOINES, Iowa — A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest ...more
Georgia Suspends Diesel, Gas Taxes
Trucks fuel at a service station in Georgia. The state's excise tax suspension is expected to save consumers 35 cents per gallon on diesel and 31.2 cents a gallon on gasoline. (Travel Centers of America via Facebook) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp suspended through Oct. 12 its excise tax on diesel and gas to help residents ...more
Steep Used Truck Price Depreciation Returned in August
August’s return to a steep depreciation, meanwhile, could be due to a second wave of post-pandemic exits hitting the auction market. (ViewApart/Getty Images) August saw a return to a relatively steep depreciation in the price of used Class 8 trucks, according to J.D. Power Senior Analyst & Product Manager Chris Visser, although some of the ...more
J.B. Hunt Strikes Acquisition Deal With BNSF Logistics
J.B. Hunt Transportation Services' acquisition of BNSF Logistics is expected to close before the end of the year. (J.B. Hunt) J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Sept. 14 that its transport subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the brokerage operations of BNSF Logistics. A supply chain services subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, ...more
Teens Impress PennDOT With Truck Parking Challenge Solution
From left: Zimmerman, John, Carroll and Mumau. The boys decided to combine their studies of precision machining and biomedical technology to help address parking needs in the New Stanton area of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. (PennDOT) Two teens from Lenape Technical School not only won the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s school challenge to solve truck parking ...more
Cruise to Begin Testing Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi
The first iteration of the Cruise WAV includes a ramp that riders will be able to use unassisted from the curb. (Cruise) Cruise in October will begin testing a rectangular robotaxi equipped with a retractable ramp and ample interior that the autonomous vehicle company says is “the world’s first purpose-built, wheelchair accessible, self-driving vehicle.” The ...more
Factory Output Rises Slightly, Limited by Auto Production
A worker prepares a tire to be mounted onto a truck chassis at the Volvo AG New River Valley Plant in Dublin, Va. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg News) Production at U.S. factories barely rose in August as a drop in motor vehicle assemblies masked a rebound in output of other consumer goods and business equipment. The 0.1% ...more