Government Investigating NE Toll Agencies
The federal Government Accountability Office is looking into recent toll increases imposed by bi-state agencies on bridges in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, according to published reports.
Top Apps for Truckers: Mobile Technology Drives Success
Increased regulation. Demanding customers. Driver shortages. These are just a few reasons why the trucking industry is embracing mobile technology and the affordable fleet management solutions that run on cell phones, smartphones, tablet computers a…
Rand McNally Launches New Generation TruckPC
Rand McNally unveiled a new hardware design and upgrades for its mobile communication fleet management system, cutting the system’s price to just less than $1,200 and significantly reducing the size of the mounted box.
Using Analytics for Proactive Predictions
Technology allows fleets to take a much more proactive role in managing safety. In the past, addressing driver behavior was a reactive task, something you did after an event of some kind: an accident, a citation, a motorist’s complaint.
ARTBA: Excessive Regulations Threaten Highway Bill Progress
Regulatory inefficiencies and threats in the areas of hours of services for truck drivers, the Clean Water Act, and the use of coal ash could undermine the historic policy reforms put in place by the newly enacted highway and transit law-MAP-21, the Am…
How they stopped the runaway truck
Nobody is calling Jim Fife a hero, though you have to wonder what might have happened if he and some others had just kept driving last Sunday on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Minister ‘backer’ of toll collection
Toll collection at Daulatdia ferry terminal has its roots apparently in the ‘silent support’ of none other than Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan.
Pilot Flying J to Acquire Maxum Petroleum
Pilot Flying J will acquire a controlling interest in Maxum Petroleum for cash and Pilot Flying J’s contribution of Western Petroleum into Maxum.
Small Carriers, Brokers Launch Legal Challenge to CSA
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor A group of small carriers and brokers asked a federal appeals court to review a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration explanation of its CSA safety enforcement program.
Report: Hybrid Truck Viability Hurt by Low Fuel Prices
A report from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs finds challenges to the economic viability of medium-sized diesel-electric hybrid trucks.