Transport Topics

Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in North America conducted 38,117 inspections Aug. 21-27 during Brake Safety Week, placing 13.3% of vehicles out of service for brake-related violations. Inspectors...

16 Nov 20223min

Classes 4-7 U.S. retail sales in October were off 5% from a year earlier, thanks only to strength in Class 6 as the other classes fell, Wards Intelligence reported. Sales reached 20,261 compared with ...

15 Nov 20223min

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in October improved 34.5% compared with a year earlier, Wards Intelligence reported as all but one truck maker showed improvement. Sales were 22,863 compared with 17,002 a ye...

11 Nov 20223min

The retail holiday season is expected to be solid as economists and other experts say sales should increase between 6% and 8% over 2021’s record 14% increase from 2020. But consumers are likely to be ...

10 Nov 20223min

To address a shortage of spaces, Ohio is converting more than a dozen weigh stations into truck parking lots and modernizing rest areas. “We know that truck parking is in short supply. Given the incre...

9 Nov 20222min

In the lead up to this year’s midterms, President Joe Biden has traveled the country to remind constituents of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s potential benefits on matters related to bro...

8 Nov 20222min

Drew Wilkerson,CEO of newly launched RXO, says the brokerage business will emphasize technology advances to gain market share. Wilkerson made the comments Nov. 3 in an interview with Transport Topics ...

7 Nov 20223min

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has filed an appeal challenging a district federal court judge’s ruling declaring unconstitutional the state’s controversial trucks-only tolling plan. Lea...

4 Nov 20223min