The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has removed an officer from law enforcement activities after he allegedly wrongly ticketed a truck driver for a crash involving a fellow state trooper, according to a new report. Seattle news outlet King 5 reports that WSP Sergeant T. J. Johnson has been reassigned and will not participate in law enforcement ...more
The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is asking people to report any unsafe driving that they spot after a truck driver was reportedly caught while driving fatigued on Tuesday. On Wednesday, May 24, NSP shared a social media post about the results of calls from concerned citizens regarding a truck hauling a livestock trailer.From NSP: “Just ...more
TravelCenters of America (TA) recently opened a new store in Olancha, California. The new store is a TA Express (20 Gills Station Road) located off US Hwy 395 in Olancha.Amenities at the truck stop include: 60 truck parking spaces3 showers5 diesel dispensersChester Fried Chicken and Subway restaurantsDriver loungeCAT ScaleLaundry facilitiesDog parkTA operates more than 280 ...more
A trucking school has been charged after one of their rigs was found to have multiple safety issues, including inoperative brakes. The incident occurred on May 23rd in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. According to Insauga News, The truck was pulled over by an officer for a safety inspection. During the inspection, the officer discovered that the rig ...more
The popular A&E television series “Road Wars” recently took a deeper dive into a crash and drag incident that occurred in California. The Road Wars clip takes a look at a crash that occurred on the northbound I-15 freeway near Cajon Pass in 2017.A motorist traveling on the freeway spotted a red sedan wedged under ...more
John Sommers II for Transport Topics Truck tonnage in April fell on both an annual and month-to-month basis as freight activity remains slow, American Trucking Associations said May 23. Tonnage slumped 3.4% last month to 112.7 when measured against the same period a year ago, and dipped 1.7% compared with March results, according to ATA’s ...more
Activity at the Port of Long Beach. The facility reported a 19.6% year-over-year decline in container volume in April. (Lauren Justine/Bloomberg News) The slump in container volumes at ports on the East and West coasts continued in April as some of the largest facilities saw year-over-year double-digit drops. The Port of Los Angeles reported a ...more
UPS customer Jessica Ray with her aging pooch Adu, who requires specialty dog food. (Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Living in New York City, working full time and without a car, Jessica Ray and her husband have come to rely on deliveries of food and just about everything else for their home. It has meant ...more
Vattenfall/Volvo Group Volvo Group signed an agreement to purchase wind power from renewables producer Vattenfall AB in a rare bilateral energy deal in the transport sector. The Swedish truck and bus maker will buy 50% of the renewable electricity produced at the Bruzaholm wind park in the south of the country over a decade starting ...more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego arrives in a Waymo self-driving vehicle at the Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train facility in Phoenix. (Matt York/Associated Press) Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between ...more
