A truck driver was fatally struck by a car on Monday morning while chasing after his furry co-pilot. The incident happened on Monday, June 26th in Kountze, Texas at around 6 a.m. According to 6 KFDM, 61-year-old trucker Edward Joseph Farkas Sr. was pulled over on the shoulder of Highway 69 in front of Reed Ice ...more
Buc-ee’s broke its own world record for largest gas station in the world last week with the opening of its new Tennessee location, reported WYFF News. The location opened in Sevierville, Tennessee and spans 74,000 square feet, features 120 gas pumps, employs 350 people, and still doesn’t allow truck drivers. The business is located at Interstate ...more
Police responded to a multi-vehicle collision involving daycare buses transporting children in Marietta, Georgia, on Tuesday morning. The crash occurred on southbound I-75 at at S Marietta Parkway around 8:40 a.m. on June 27.🚨ALERT COBB CO.🚨There is a crash on I-75 S at S Marietta Pkwy (mm 263.3) leaving only two left lanes open. Avoid ...more
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is on the lookout for a suspected former truck driver who is slashing semi truck tires. FHP says that there have been recent six instances of semi truck tire slashing in Columbia County. The acts of vandalism have taken place near Lake City off of I-10, I-75, and S.R. 47.WCJB ...more
Screenshot of shopping center in Somerset County, N.J. With AI assistance, fleets can pull in precise routing and ETA calculations, factoring in weather and traffic conditions in real time. (Trimble) The incorporation of artificial intelligence in transportation management systems (TMS) is changing how the systems work and how trucking companies and their partners use them ...more
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other officials mark the beginning of construction to replace the Chain of Rocks Bridge. (Illinois Department of Transportation via Flickr) Illinois officials recently held a ceremony along Interstate 270 as construction started on a project with Missouri to replace the aging Chain of Rocks Bridge over the Mississippi River with twin ...more
Volvo VNR. Volvo AB is aiming for 100% of its global sales of new trucks to be electric by 2040. (Volvo Trucks North America) Companies including PepsiCo Inc. and Nike Inc. are calling for the European Union to implement stricter emissions targets for trucks, which the firms say will lower costs in the long run. ...more
A cross section of a lithium battery pack. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News) A new U.S. plant will soon offer a solution for tight supplies of critical metals: Pull them out of dead batteries in a process that produces fewer emissions than competitors. Recycling startup Nth Cycle is opening its first full-scale plant in Fairfield, Ohio, to ...more
Evan Burroughs displays a trcking device for Oregon's pilot program that charges motorists by the distance their vehicle travels. (Andrew Selsky/AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own ...more
A Lion electric school bus. (Eric Gay/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, ...more
