Transport Topics

Retail sales for trucks in classes 4 through 7 sank 16.3% in May compared with a year earlier to just below 17,000, Wards Intelligence reported. It was the largest year-over-year percentage decline to...

15 Jun 20223min

The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline has hit $5 for the first time ever. Auto club AAA said the average price June 11 was a fraction of a penny over 5 dollars. Motorists in some parts...

14 Jun 20222min

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May rose 13.9% compared with a year earlier to just clear 20,000, Wards Intelligence reported June 10. A trend is building. Sales in the two previous months also percolate...

13 Jun 20223min

House Transportation leaders called on the nation’s top transportation officer to increase resources for the expansion of parking facilities for truck drivers. Reps. Peter DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat,...

10 Jun 20223min

Robin Hutcheson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee FMCSA, discussed administration efforts to bolster the trucking industry during her confirmation hearing June 8. She appeared before the Senat...

9 Jun 20223min

Uber Freight and Waymo Via have entered into a partnership that aims to integrate Uber’s freight marketplace with Waymo’s automated truck technology, the companies announced June 7. The businesses pl...

8 Jun 20222min

The average price of diesel shot up last week by 16.4 cents to $5.703 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 6. The previous record, notched about a month ago, was...

7 Jun 20222min

North American Class 8 orders fell to 14,000 units, ACT Research reported June 3, citing truck makers’ preliminary data, as underlying conditions that held back order intake sharply in April were litt...

6 Jun 20222min