An eMV Series electric medium-duty truck comes off the assembly line at Navistar's San Antonio plant. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks grew 28.6% in May compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Total retail sales for Classes 4-7 trucks increased to 21,687 from 16,859. The results represent ...more
A parade of tractor-trailers line Enrico Fermi Place, a street minutes away from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. (Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Tribune Content Agency) San Diego transportation officials celebrated June 13 the anticipated award of about $260 million in state funding to help complete the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, ...more
Florida's new tort reform law was enacted March 24. (imaginima/Getty Images) Florida’s court system is struggling under a mountain of 280,122 new civil cases filed by trial attorneys a few days before Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a law in March thwarting lawsuit abuse. Sending monthly new case filings 127% above past monthly record (from May ...more
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a June 14 press conference. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged June 14 after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. But in a surprise move, the Fed signaled that it may raise rates twice more this ...more
If the deal is ratified, UPS drivers won't have to rely on an open door to keep themselves cool in the cab. (Richard Drew/Associated Press) Negotiators for UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reached an agreement on a key point in the talks concerning working conditions for the tens of thousands of ...more
A person looks at the damaged section of I-95 in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said June 14 that crews will work 24 hours a day in Philadelphia to reopen a collapsed section of an important East Coast highway, but he wouldn’t estimate how long it will take to get traffic flowing ...more
Truck drivers who aren’t local to Philadelphia aren’t overly concerned about the possible effects of the Interstate 95 collapse, a recent poll shows. A portion of Interstate 95 at the Route 73/Cottman Avenue ramp has been closed indefinitely after an intense tanker fire compromised the structural integrity of the overpass, causing it to collapse. Now, ...more
Indiana State Police (ISP) say that a truck driver who disregarding warning lights and crossing arms at a railroad crossing was not hurt when his truck’s trailer was hit by an oncoming train on Monday. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on June 12 near St. Joe, Indiana.According to ISP, Indiana resident Anthony Ball, 59, ...more
A police officer tells the story of how he helped a truck driver, and his community, during a medical episode in this video. In the clip, Lieutenant Bellflower tells the story of his recent drive to work that didn’t go quite as planned. He says he was on his way to work when he noticed ...more
The Houston Police Department (HPD) is asking for public help in locating a suspect caught on video during an armed robbery at a trucking business earlier this year. The incident occurred on Tuesday, April 11 at around 7:45 p.m. at a trucking business located at the 8200 block of Penrod, in Houston, Texas.The trucking company ...more
