(Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)) AUSTIN, Texas — In addition to expanding its own product offerings, Samsara is investing in other technology companies that are developing innovative products and services aimed at improving safety, efficiency and sustainability in connected operations. The fleet telematics provider announced a new investment fund, Samsara Ventures, to provide seed funding for startups ...more
Diesel prices dropped 2.4 cents a gallon on average in the Central Atlantic region. (THEPALMER/Getty Images) Diesel prices slipped 1.4 cents a gallon after a one-week interruption to settle at a national average of $3.801, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 26. Highlights Diesel prices resumed their decline after rising for just the ...more
Traffic in the Midtown neighborhood of New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) A plan to charge motorists driving into New York City’s midtown Manhattan received final federal approval, according to a notice to congressional members, a significant step that allows the first such tolling program in the U.S. to roll out. The Federal Highway Administration on ...more
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signs the highway budget law. (maine.gov) Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed a two-year, $829 million highway budget law creating a reliable revenue stream to fund highway repairs using portions of state motor vehicle taxes. Mills said the new measure will decrease state borrowing by creating “a sustainable, long-term source of ...more
Amazon has been piloting the program since 2020. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg) Many small businesses have long relied on Amazon’s platform and delivery pipeline to boost their business. Now, Amazon wants to enlist them to help with deliveries, too. The e-commerce giant on June 26 officially launched a program it has been piloting since 2020 that pays ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will accept comments on the notice through July 24. (U.S. Department of Transportation) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget to conduct a human-factors study that will examine the effect of nondriving secondary task engagement, transfer of control and training ...more
General Motors GMC Hummer electric vehicle. (General Motors) General Motors Co. and Australia-based Element 25 Limited have signed an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate annually to the Detroit automaker, the companies said June 26. The supply will support the annual production of more than 1 million ...more
The partner of the truck driver killed in last week’s crash off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, gave birth within a matter of hours after his death. On June 22, 36 year old truck driver Chris Scott was northbound on the CBBT near mile marker 1 when he crashed off the ...more
Five people are dead after a car smashed into an attenuator, causing a chain reaction crash. The multi-vehicle accident happened at around 4 a.m. on June 26th in Long Beach, California on the northbound 710 Freeway near the 91 Freeway interchange. According to KTLA 5 News, a dark colored sedan slammed into an attenuator, sending the ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a semi truck driver in Lathrop earlier this month. On June 24, CHP’s Stockton Division announced the arrest of 29 year old Andrew Christopher Watson on homicide charges for the death of 37 year old North Carolina-based truck driver Ilkhom ...more
