NHTSA said it is working to understand why the additional roll-away incidents occurred and identify any other possible root cause of the issue. (Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg) U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating whether earlier recalls of more than 1 million Ram pickups did enough to address a flaw that could lead to trucks rolling away unexpectedly. ...more
“Compared with the past decade, current data show that expected levels of future interest rates are high,” Williams and his co-authors wrote. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) The Federal Reserve can’t assume its benchmark lending rate won’t return to zero at some point in the future, according to a group of New York Fed researchers including the bank’s ...more
A Mercedes-Benz eActros electric truck. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) Daimler Truck Holding AG will buy back $2.34 billion of its own shares, continuing a policy of returning cash to shareholders while managing the transition to low-emission vehicles. The repurchase program will start during the second half of 2025 and is set to run for as long as ...more
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy detailed a variety of plans and policies in the works to support the men and women of the trucking industry in a recent Op-Ed. DuffyIn an article shared on July 7, 2025, on the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) website, Duffy breaks down the flurry of action that has taken ...more
Pothole repairs in Maryland have increased 25% since the collapse and closure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over a year ago. Truck drivers and trucking company owners say that the road conditions in Dundalk, Sparrows Point, and surrounding Maryland areas have deteriorated over the last year now that trucks are using alternate routes to ...more
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) partnered with several law enforcement agencies for a crackdown on unauthorized moving companies. On June 25, 2025, ODOT and local law enforcement agencies “invited unauthorized companies that advertise moving services to locations in Clackamas County,” officials said in a news release.Seven unauthorized moving companies responded to the invitation. Their ...more
Pennsylvania State Police have a truck driver in custody 111 days after he first evaded capture on foot along a dirt road. 46-year-old Lee Dubois was spotted operating a tractor trailer on March 7th by a police officer looking to stop him for a previous active felony warrant in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. When the officer ...more
A time lapse video demonstrates just how fast roads disappeared under floodwater in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend. The video was taken in Kingsland, Texas, on July 4th, just under 100 miles from Camp Mystic – a girls’ camp that was overtaken by floodwaters. The video takes place over 30 minutes, and shows the ...more
A bill recently passed by the New York City Council would require the creation of overnight truck parking spaces to deal with a severe shortage of truck parking options in the city. On June 30, 2025, the New York City Council passed Int 0099, which was authored by Councilwoman Nantasha Williams.New York City Council/FacebookThe bill ...more
Law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, are gearing up for a weeklong enforcement effort targeting unsafe commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week is taking place July 13 — 19, 2025, throughout North America. Operation Safe Driver Week is held each year in partnership ...more
