POLL: Should tolls on existing or new interstate lanes/routes be allowed?
With liberalization of rules around use of tolls on existing and new federal-aid interstate routes and lanes back in highway infrastructure funding discussion, what’s your view on whether tolls ought to be allowed as a funding mechanism?
Movin’ on? Do it right
One advantage of being an owner-operator is that when you see a better job you can pretty easily take your truck and move on. But it’s more complicated if you decide to switch careers entirely. Or you have to stop…
Haldex Announces Air Brake Pad Repair Kits, Hendrickson Deal
Haldex is offering a full line of all-makes air disc brake repair kits, making a deal with Hendrickson to offer ModulT brakes on in trailer applications, and standardizing its electronic product information.
Girder migration
MONTREAL, Que. — Dozens are packed in laydown areas, a couple wait on a barge and a few sit high in the air atop pearly white Y-shaped pier caps. These and hundreds more box girders will soon draw a brilliant white…
Analysis: ‘Perfect storm’ factors to lengthen US trucker shortage
What are the ingredients of the current truck capacity shortage and how might they differ from previous cyclical events? Photo credit: Shutterstock.
When it comes to prognosticating, perhaps the four most dangerous words a forecaster can utter are “this time it’s different.” If history has anything to teach us, it’s that…
Pay day
Carriers increasing driver pay to take advantage of strong market
On the clock
Canada to require ELDs by 2020
ATA truck tonnage index dips in December
ARLINGTON, Va. — American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) for-hire truck tonnage index fell for the first time since September, down 5.7% in December. In December, the index equaled 142.9 (2000=100), down from 151.6 in November. For all of…
Bendix Expands Heavy Duty Aftermarket Brake Shoe Line
Bendix expanded its aftermarket brake shoe line to include a new steel/coreless shoe through its Bendix Basic Friction or Bendix Advanced Friction lines.
The US truck capacity shortage – what shippers need to know
When it comes to prognosticating, perhaps the four most dangerous words a forecaster can utter are “this time it’s different.” If history has anything to teach us, it’s that the past is prologue and pronouncements that fundamental change is underway often turn out to be more wishful thinking than prediction….