Transport Topics

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Nov. 18 to redeploy airwaves assigned 21 years ago for a vehicle safety system that hasn’t come to fruition, rejecting carmakers’ efforts to hold onto ...

19 Nov 20203min

State and federal transportation officials are contributing to an emergency response effort after a truck crash damaged the Brent Spence Bridge, which links northern Kentucky and Cincinnati and carrie...

18 Nov 20203min

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has determined that Washington state’s meal-and-rest-break rules for commercial truck drivers are pre-empted by federal hours-of-service regulations. Th...

17 Nov 20203min

U.S. trailer orders for October soared to 54,200, the third-best month in industry history, according to an ACT Research report. A year ago, orders were 31,786. The all-time record is 58,228, set in S...

16 Nov 20204min

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in October remained 18.4% below year-ago levels, but closed in on 19,000, according to a WardsAuto.com report yesterday. Sales were 18,774 compared with 23,001 a year earlier...

13 Nov 20203min

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has overturned the award of a potential nine-year, $19.9 billion contract to a New Jersey company for moving military household goods worldwide. The lucrative...

11 Nov 20203min

The truck making world will soon have a new kid on the block. Fully embracing an alliance begun in 2017, the boards of directors at Traton SE and Navistar International approved over the weekend a def...

10 Nov 20204min

A previously unidentified New Orleans attorney alleged to be a co-conspirator in a sweeping federal investigation into staged accidents with tractor-trailers was named in a federal indictment last wee...

9 Nov 20204min