WASHINGTON — Autonomous truck technology holds the potential to enhance safety, efficiency and productivity in the trucking industry, but its successful deployment hinges on regulations that help rather than hinder it, said Chris Spear, president of the American Trucking Associations.
January 10, 2017Special Coverage, Business
Autonomous Trucks Hold Promise, But Sensible Regulation Is Needed, ATA’s Spear Tells TRB
Special Coverage, Business
Foxx Praises USDOT, Warns About Transportation’s Future as He Says Goodbye
WASHINGTON — In his final address to the transportation community Jan. 9, outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx emphasized the importance of freight movement.
January 9, 2017Special Coverage, Business
Experts Say Lack of Public Understanding Complicates Urban Freight Movement
WASHINGTON — The disconnect between the government agencies that regulate freight and the companies that move it in ever-increasing volumes throughout the United States was a focus of a Transportation Research Board session on Jan. 9.
January 9, 2017Special Coverage, Business
TRB Subcommittee Wants Help From Carriers on FMCSA Alternative Compliance Research
WASHINGTON — Members of a Transportation Research Board subcommittee continued exploring potential ideas aimed at assisting federal truck and bus regulators in establishing a congressionally mandated “alternative compliance” program that would reward carriers for exceeding regulatory requirements.
January 9, 2017Special Coverage, Business
Transportation Agency Officials, Experts Tout Importance of Performance Management
WASHINGTON — Performance management, long a staple of the private sector, is increasingly common in the world of transportation agencies. That reality, which was jump-started by MAP 21 becoming law in 2012, was applauded by officials from those agencies as well as other experts at a Transportation Research Board session on Jan. 8.
January 9, 2017Special Coverage, Business
Catenary System Poised for One-Year Test Near California Ports
WASHINGTON — The South Coast Air Quality Management District expects to start a one-year test soon of electrified trucking near two of the nation’s largest ports, the leader of the agency’s division overseeing the program said Jan. 8.
January 9, 2017Business
FMCSA to Unveil 2017 Agenda at TRB
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s agenda for the new year will be unveiled on the third day of the Transportation Research Board’s annual conference in Washington this month.
January 9, 2017Government, Business
Canada's Greater Weight Allowance Gives Truckers Advantage Over US, Researcher Says
WASHINGTON — Restrictive federal size and weight policies are causing U.S. motor carriers to lag in heavy-truck productivity when compared with other countries, a leading transportation researcher said at a presentation Jan. 13 at the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting.
January 13, 2016Government, Business
Fuel-Tax Hikes, Tolls, Crowdfunding Are Interstate Payment Options
WASHINGTON — Fuel-tax increases, electronic tolling and even crowdfunding were among the solutions proposed at a Transportation Research Board session on transportation funding Jan. 12.
January 12, 2016Business
Shorter Supply Chains Leading to Fewer Overall Truck Miles, TRB Panelists Say
WASHINGTON — Increasing demand for faster delivery of last-mile goods is leading to tighter supply chains with shorter truck trips, industry officials said at a freight panel.
January 13, 2015