Tag: news

August 4, 2016

Intermodal freight shipments fell 6.1% in the second quarter, ending 25 consecutive year-over-year increases, hurt by fewer international and trailer shipments, the Intermodal Association of North America reported. Total North American intermodal loads were 4.27 million, down from 4.55 million. […]

August 3, 2016

Freightliner will be laying off 115 workers at a plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, two months after the company reduced the workforce at the same location. The layoffs at the components and logistics facility will be effective Aug.12, according to […]

August 1, 2016

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is opening a third Chicago-area fulfillment center in Romeoville, Illinois. The company didn’t receive any local or state tax breaks. Employees at the more than 750,000-square-foot warehouse will pick, pack and ship large items, such as big-screen […]

July 25, 2016

June’s sharp plunge in U.S. trailer orders reflected increased cancellations, caution on the part of fleets over placing new orders and a very strong comparable month the year before, analysts said. ACT Research Co. said orders fell about 50% to […]

July 22, 2016

Elon Musk unveiled his latest “master plan” for Tesla Motors Inc., delivering a long-term vision that includes an integrated solar and battery product, the addition of a pickup, freight truck and bus to its electric vehicle lineup and plans for […]

July 21, 2016

A year after raising its toll rates 5%, Pennsylvania’s Turnpike Commission announced on July 20 a 6% increase for 2017. Commission Chairman Sean Logan blamed the rate hike on the debt service needed to meet the commission’s funding obligations: rebuilding […]

July 20, 2016

TreeHugger previously covered the news that New York City was going to try out the open-gangway subway cars that are used in other cities around the world, including Toronto, where I have used them many times. Now it turns out […]

July 20, 2016

Volvo AB cut its outlook for the North American truck market for the third time this year after stagnant freight volumes and excess inventory drove orders in the region down by nearly one-third in the second quarter. Truck orders in […]

July 14, 2016

Illinois has given the green light to a new toll bridge linking Interstate 80 to the CenterPoint intermodal facility in Joliet and Elwood. The Houbolt Road bridge agreement, announced July 11, is designed to alleviate traffic congestion on local roads […]

July 12, 2016

Bananas, pineapples and pears — thousands of them — stream across the docks on their way to supermarkets throughout the Northeast. A crane unloads a shipping container of merchandise bound for CVS stores. Used Toyotas hop a freighter for West […]

July 11, 2016

A deadly May crash involving Tesla’s autopilot function has prompted safety regulators to launch a preliminary inquiry into the technology available in an estimated 25,000 of the company’s vehicles. The automaker wrote in a blog post Thursday that the accident […]

July 11, 2016

While public uproar over a proposal to export coal may have slowed down one redevelopment project at the former Oakland Army Base, another one has been quietly under construction. And on July 7, a 100-car train rolled in from the […]

July 11, 2016

Federal transportation officials have selected the Port of Portland to receive $7.7 million for upgrades Maine’s congressional delegation said will double the output capacity for the port. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced July 6 that it picked the $15.4 […]

July 11, 2016

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and Uber are partnering to increase ease of access to MTS Trolley and Rapid services in time for San Diego’s two world-class events in July — the MLB All-Star Game and Comic-Con International. […]

July 11, 2016

The latest iteration of an electric race car from Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ), which is made up of some 30 university students from ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, broke the world record for electric […]

July 11, 2016

AS THE CONVOY traveled down Interstate 69, regular Michigan motorists might have not believed they were driving next to the future of warfare. But for all their humdrum khaki looks, these were platooning, semi-autonomous army trucks, moving as one organism. […]

July 11, 2016

The White House has started to review a regulation setting new efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy trucks and buses. The review process at the Office of Management and Budget, which usually takes up to 60 days but […]

July 11, 2016

Major airlines are competing for a limited number of flights to Cuba, with the Obama administration considering whether to allow a direct route to the island from Washington, D.C. The Transportation Department has been tasked with divvying up the flights, […]