UN Forecasts Slower Global Economic Growth
The United Nations flag. (Ted Shaffrey/AP/File) UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on May 15 forecast slower global economic growth this year and next, pointing to the impact of the surge in U.S. tariffs and increasing trade tensions. U.N. economists also cited the volatile geopolitical landscape and threats of rising ...more
Ford Recalls 274,000 Navigator, Expedition SUVs
(Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) NEW YORK — Ford is recalling nearly 274,000 of its Expedition and Lincoln-branded Navigator SUVs across the U.S. ...more
House Panel Weighs Input on Highway Funding Priorities
"A priority of mine will be to return the surface transportation reauthorization back to a traditional infrastructure bill that focuses ...more
Global Oil Demand Growth to Slow For Rest of 2025, IEA Says
(Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) Global oil demand growth will slow during the remainder of 2025 after a robust first quarter due ...more
Walmart Says It Will Raise Prices Due to Tariff Costs
A Walmart store in Bristol, Conn. (Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg) NEW YORK — Walmart’s first-quarter profit slipped and it said it must ...more
CVS Bids for Rite Aid Stores in Pacific Northwest
A "Store Closing" sign hangs on a Rite Aid store in Huntington Woods, Mich., on July 31, 2024. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg ...more
Deere Swells to Record on Optimism for Farm Economy
Deere & Co. products at an agricultural exposition in Tulare, Calif. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images) Deere & Co. jumped to ...more
Fed’s Barr Says Supply Chain Chaos Could Boost Inflation
(LD/Getty Images) Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said the economy is on solid ground, but ...more
FHWA Nominee McMaster Promotes Permitting Reform, Safety
Sean McMaster is the Trump administration's nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration. McMaster’s portfolio ...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is preparing to reduce its workforce as part of ...more
A log truck driver and his company were issued charges after members of the public ...more
Law enforcement agencies across the country are sharing the equipment violations uncovered during the Commercial ...more
A four wheeler waiting to make a turn on a North Carolina Highway was hit ...more
The search for a potentially missing truck driver was cancelled earlier this week after a ...more
Both Amazon and the small trucking company connected to the truck driver in the recent ...more
Trucking Interests Say EPA Is Moving Too Fast on GHG Rule
Volvo VNR Electric tractors recharge at a depot. (Performance Team, a Maersk Co.) Many of ...more
Love’s opens new truck stop off I-70 in Colorado
On Thursday, Love’s Travel Stops opened a new store in Parachute, Colorado. The 14,000 square ...more
Trucker charged with first degree murder for in-cab shooting death of fellow trucker in Michigan
On Monday, the Van Buren Township Police Department announced that charges have been filed against ...more
VIDEO: Can an ‘average Joe’ drive a big rig with zero training?
Is it possible to hop in a semi truck and successfully operate it with no ...more
Tire blowout reported as cause for trucker’s fatal crash off CBBT
Police have determined the cause of a semi truck driver’s fatal crash off the Chesapeake ...more
How High Temperatures Break Down Electric Car Batteries
Traffic on Highway 101 in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Consider it ironic, or ...more
House Panel Advances Fiscal 2024 Transportation Bill
Cole (R-Okla.) said the transportation appropriations bill would improve safety and efficiency throughout the nation's ...more
POV: You’re a car sitting helplessly while a train slams into a car hauler
A nearby motorist captured footage of a passenger train colliding with a car hauler in ...more