U.S. DOT’s Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning (DATP) initiative study team has released its Phase One final report. As part of the Federal Highway Administration’s advanced research project on heavy truck cooperative cruise control, the first phase of the study looked at the commercial feasibility of driver assistive truck platooning, or DATP. Funded by DOT’s Exploratory Advanced…
President Barack Obama last week appointed T.F. Scott Darling III as the next administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, (FMCSA) the same day the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment of acting administrator Greg Nadeau to the top spot at FHWA. The Administration had recently come under fire for leaving top transportation posts vacant….
Two days prior to the July 31 deadline, the House passed a three-month extension of the highway funding bill, averting a halt in federal funding for roads, bridges and mass transit projects, according to a report in USA Today. The Senate passed the bill on July 30. Senators voted 91-4 to pass the short-term extension,…
Caterpillar has announced it will wind down its Mexico truck production facility with Navistar and start producing its own line of dump trucks at a plant in Victoria, Texas. The plant, which opened in 2012, currently produces hydraulic excavators. Caterpillar, the world’s sales leader in off-road construction machinery, has been selling the on-road trucks built…
General Motors has opened a new 52-acre Active Safety Test Area near its Milford Proving Ground near Detroit. The $14 million facility will be used to develop and test safety technologies for GM’s Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac lines. GM currently has 22 different active safety technologies across the 2016 model lineups, ranging from driver…
More than a dozen Georgia-based truckers recently testified before the Georgia Legislature, telling state lawmakers that shipping companies have been incorrectly classifying them as independent contractors rather than employees. In Georgia, 82 percent of truckers hauling freight from ports are misclassified, according to the National Employment Labor Project. Deputy Project Director Rebecca Smith said the…
Trucking equipment and technology is ever changing. That has been especially evident of late, as major truck manufacturers have unveiled technology that could revolutionize the industry, according to a story in the Commercial Carrier Journal. Next month, a panel of representatives from top equipment and technology manufacturers will discuss those advancements, other potential looming revolutionary…
The California Trucking Association (CTA) has joined forces with Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) to increase awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of natural gas and alternative fuels in the heavy-duty trucking industry. “We recognize the critical importance of the trucking industry to California and value the hard work of truck owner-operators, fleet owner-operators,…
Congress continued to maneuver over surface transportation policy and funding, making some progress on legislation as the countdown continued toward the July 31 expiration of Highway Trust Fund authority, according to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO). However, the two chambers were focused on competing courses of action, as the House on July…
Earlier this month, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bill that he says would modernize truck safety standards on American highways. The Truck Safety Act (TSA) would reduce the number of crashes involving trucks, according to Booker. “Truck drivers work extremely long days to deliver the goods we depend on and keep our…
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