U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced a $209 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to help finance the Portsmouth Bypass in Scioto County, Ohio. The Portsmouth Bypass, expected to cost $430 million, will be built by Ohio’s first public-private partnership (PPP) and will be the state’s largest single construction project. Foxx…
Rebecca Brewster, president of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), is predicting a continuing driver shortage and overall capacity shortage in the trucking industry, according to a report in the Jacksonville Business Journal. Reporter Jensen Werley wrote that Brewster made several key points in a conference call with Stifel Nicolaus analysts regarding the status of…
As part of National Distracted Driving Month, American Trucking Associations is urging motorists to put their cell phones away and focus on safe driving while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. “Each year, thousands of people are killed in crashes related to distractions,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. “We urge motorists to…
The Teamsters and OOIDA are challenging a federal decision to allow Mexican motor carriers to haul loads past the border regions, according to a report on JOC.com. Some industry analysts are saying that even if the legal challenges fail, the impact of the new program will be negligible. The majority of U.S.-Mexico cross-border trade is…
United Parcel Service (UPS) is continuing to make investments in natural gas as a fuel source for its fleet of vehicles. UPS recently announced plans to build 15 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations to support the purchase and planned deployment of 1,400 new CNG vehicles over the next year. Twelve of the CNG stations…
FedEx Corporation and TNT Express have reached agreement for a $4.8 billion buyout of the Amsterdam-based company by the U.S.-based package carrier. The combined companies will be a strong global competitor in the transportation logistics industry, with FedEx bringing a strong presence in North America and Asia and TNT Express bringing a European presence to…
The Obama Administration sent a six-year, $478 billion transportation spending bill to Congress last week, asking for a $25 billion per year increase in federal transportation spending beyond the current level of about $50 billion per year. The biggest increase would come in transit funding, which would realize a 79 percent boost to an average…
Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) closed an investigation into blowouts involving certain Michelin tires after determining that truck operators were the ones at fault. An investigator wrote that exceeding the 75 mph rating was the most likely cause in all 16 complaints examined. The blowouts resulted in three crashes but no…
Highway off and on-ramps, many of them of antiquated design, are proving to be danger zones for truck drivers, according to a report in Bloomberg News. Bloomberg reports that though they accounted for just 3.3 percent of all large-truck crashes, rollovers were responsible for more than half of the deaths to drivers and their occupants…
Nevada-based On the Move Systems (OMVS) is developing a new program designed to save time and money on trucking by connecting users directly with individual service providers, according to a company release. “Uber has opened up a new realm of possibilities on America’s roads,” said OMVS CEO Robert Wilson. “It’s a revolutionary business model with…
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