Duffy Pushes Infrastructure Fixes, Permitting Reform
Duffy during a July 8 cabinet meeting. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — Investments in traditional infrastructure projects and a focus on streamlining the environmental permitting process are atop the priorities for the nation’s transportation leader who appeared before Congress July 16. During a wide-ranging hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure ...more
Global Goods Trade Accelerates as Tariff Fears Speed Imports
Shipping containers on a storage lot at the Port of Brisbane in Brisbane, Australia. (Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg News) Global merchandise trade ...more
Merchandise-Trade Deficit Widens on Exports Drop
(Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit unexpectedly widened in May on the biggest drop in exports since the onset of ...more
US Ethanol Set to Wipe Out UK Production
(Randy Holt/Associated Press) Associated British Food Plc’s Vivergo ethanol plant, one of only two major sites in the nation, has ...more
Economy Shrank 0.5% in Q1, Worse Than Estimated
Gas pump at a Costco in Thornton, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual ...more
Uber May Fund Kalanick’s Bid to Buy Pony AI’s US Arm
Uber has already partnered with Pony to launch commercial robotaxi services outside the U.S., starting in the Middle East. (Pony ...more
Canada Faces Steel Job Cuts as US Tariff Pressure Mounts
Carney introduced a new tariff-rate quota last week to limit imports of steel and said it may adjust tariffs on ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended a 30-minute break exemption for oversize load ...more
This week, transportation officials in Ohio and Kentucky unveiled the design for a double-decker “companion” ...more
The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) shared a dash cam video of a motorist behaving badly ...more
A truck driver has been keeping watch and feeding the neighborhood while living in his ...more
Diesel Prices Surge as Israel-Iran War Pressures Market
A person refuels a truck with diesel fuel at a Petron Corp. gas station near ...more
FedEx Freight Opens Indianapolis-Area LTL Terminal
The Greenwood, Ind., facility increases FedEx Freight’s door count in the Indianapolis market to 377 ...more
Diesel Price Rises 10¢ to $3.571 a Gallon
The current price increase is the largest since a 6-cent gain the week of May ...more
Medium-Duty Truck Sales Fall for 9th Time in 12 Months
Isuzu's N-Series Diesel. Isuzu led Class 4 with 740 sales in May. (Isuzu) U.S. medium-duty ...more
Interstate 35 was shut down overnight after suspects armed with an AK style rifle fled ...more
Tesla Starts Cybertruck Production Two Years Behind Schedule
Musk has said he will give updated specs and pricing information around the end of ...more
Did you miss the Walcott Truckers Jamboree? Here are the winners from the 2023 Super Truck Beauty Contest
If you missed this year’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree, then you missed one of the most ...more
25 States Send EPA a Letter Opposing Emissions Proposal
A plug-in electric vehicle charging point. (Carina Johansen/Bloomberg News) Kentucky and West Virginia are leading ...more
Truckers Largely Oppose Side Underride Guard Proposed Rule
A side underride guard. Several industry stakeholders are opposed to a National Highway Traffic Safety ...more
Fed Economists ‘No Longer Forecasting a Recession’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a July 26 press conference. (Nathan Howard/Associated Press) WASHINGTON ...more
AI Startup Helps Diesel Trains Clean Up Their Emissions
General Electric diesel locomotives stand on the final assembly line at the GE Manufacturing Solutions ...more
Animal shelter helps reunite trucker and puppy co-pilot after crash
An animal shelter in Windsor, Connecticut, helped to reunite a truck driver and his dog ...more