Up to a few feet of snow this week will be added to enormous totals already measured across the Sierra Nevada this year. Great for skiers, bad for drivers.
Investors in search of yield have turned to private equity for sometime now. What’s new is the willingness for seemingly large, risk-averse investment funds to tap into the private equity markets.
Volvo has started testing connected vehicle technology in California, plus Michigan governor pitches fuel tax hike, California legislator wants to phase out diesel engines and Alibaba buys into delivery company.
Here we go again! Snow depths are at 200 inches right now in some parts of the Sierra Nevada. Lots more coming the next few days.
Several more feet of snow coming to the Sierra Nevada this week, along with heavy rain elsewhere in the state. Flooding, mudslides, debris flows possible.
Record rainfall this week, several feet of standing water have flooded homes, businesses, roads just north of San Francisco. Rivers should begin receding today.
Top Five Riskiest half square-mile road stretches of 2018 in California, based on Lytx’s proprietary risk score system.
Several feet of snow this week adding to record amounts in the Sierra this month. Destructive winds, flooding possible in lower elevations.
Raging floods have led to water rescues, debris flows, evacuations in southern California. Threat continues tonight.
California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have filed petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the preemption of the state’s meal and rest break rules for interstate truck drivers.
Port truck operators could potentially increase their wages by using a new service from NEXT that helps them run shorter runs and return to ports with empty containers. The company just secured $97 million in funding to help it expand.
The United States is in the midst of a building boom for industrial space as the logistics market struggles to accommodate surging e-commerce demand.
Storm to dump several feet of snow in northern Sierras. Blizzard conditions, dangerous travel.
A port operator taps into funding for new natural gas tractors; birds and the federal shutdown could cause delays in Oklahoma bridge projects; Sears wants to liquidate; and air freight is flat in November
Law aims to help shippers avoid potential liability; But in an industry with many fly-by-night operators, getting monies owed still a challenge.
FMCSA has ruled that California can’t dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations.
TRUX believes it has built the solution that will disrupt the construction trades and give these underserved markets the transparency and efficiency they are lacking.
Volvo will put an electric powertain in its popular VNR regional tractor. Test vehicles will begin operating next year and commercial units will be available in 2020.
With the market data available on SONAR, we have ability to see all the ebbs and flows of freight movement happen in real-time.
After two days of flooding, southern California is getting a break. People on the Gulf Coast should be on high alert for the same this weekend.
Tyson Foods will be testing a tractor that will utilize Achates Power’s opposed-piston engine technology that is said to reduce NOx emissions by 90% from current standards.
Heavy snow and rain will make it nearly impossible or dangerous to move freight through the Sierra Nevada tonight. Alternate routes or waiting are main options.
Rain will douse California wildfires this week, but landslides, mudslides also possible. Heavy snow to cover the Sierra Nevada.
There is no timeline for implementation of any new NOx rulemaking, but there are a couple of key questions that must be answered: What will the limits be and how much will this cost?
Two huge wildfires in California have killed dozens of people, scorched nearly 200,000 acres of land. Winds and drought set the stage.
It took a week to get the tallies, but an early lead turned into an insurmountable deficit.
In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI), which will try to rein in oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from commercial vehicles.
Three wildfires in The Golden State are burning and spreading out of control, despite efforts to contain them. Strong winds and risk for new fires continue this weekend.
The measure would have rolled back diesel fuel taxes from 36 to 16 cents a gallon.
While transportation was not a front-of-the-ticket issue for politicians in the midterm elections, there were some significant developments when it came to funding projects across the country.
A long list of concerns in the ATA President’s annual speech to his group’s conference, including young drivers and California’s own laws.
Santa Ana winds on Monday knocked out power across parts of California, killed one person, and continue to pose risk of spreading wildfires.
As e-bike sharing startups flush cities with bikes for rent at dirt cheap prices, city administrations need to take a look in and understand the impact an unregulated e-biking scene could have on its roads.
Just weeks after a federal judge sided with the company and decertified a class of about 11,000 current and former drivers who filed suit, J.B. Hunt has reportedly reached a $15 million settlement with the drivers.
Under California law, drivers making their way through the Golden State are entitled to a 30-minute meal break for every five hours worked.
The long-anticipated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is up for a vote and it does not include the controversial meal-and-rest break provision that the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other industry forces were seeking.
Toyota has unveiled its second-generation hydrogen-electric truck, which builds upon the success of the first model that has been hauling live loads in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The price for cartons of lemons (sizes 95-115) at wholesale was $36 to $39 on June 1 and as of last Friday was $52 to $55.
Family owned TEC Equipment operates 26 Mack and Volvo truck dealerships in five states. In June, the company opened a $30 million location in Fontana, CA. Here is a look at that facility.
Rhode Island begins tolling trucks today; SCOTUS rejects review request by JB Hunt on California case; Rolls-Royce engine problems spread; transportation companies fret over tariffs; Waymo to buy up to 62,000 Chrysler Pacificas.
California is introducing digital license plates that can relay real-time location information to a cloud server and has the ability to display ads and emergency information to motorists while on the road.
A usually non-controversial granting of free trade zone status is denied in the latest skirmish in the “drayage wars.”
Get the package there and get it there on time. A simply ask, but one that has become increasingly difficult in recent years as e-commerce has exploded and retailers and e-tailers fight for those dollars.
Commentary: California has turned its back on an industry that employs nearly 1 million people
The decision would seem to raise as many questions as it answers.
California is applying meal and rest break provisions to truck drivers that are in conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations, according to many in the industry. That is why so many are pushing to include the Denham Amendment in the FAA authorization bill.
Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay …Truck operators have a number of regulations they must meet to operate in California, including trailer and refrigeration unit mandates. Failure to do so can lead to big fines.
California is introducing the ‘Dignity in the Driver’s Seat’ bill which would be a gamechanger by going up the supply chain and holding trucking companies and big-box retailers accountable for prevelant driver exploitation.
There’s a quiet spot market nationally, but we’re seeing significant upward movement for reefers coming out of California’s agricultural regions.
The recent mudslides in California have caused a number of travel concerns in California, including along Highway 101, which will likely remain closed until next week, California Department of Transportation officials said.
The recreational use of marijuana in California is now “legal”. The weed transport market is heating up but there is not enough capcity to haul the product
California-based electric charging companies are set to benefit from the $2 billion settlement that VW agreed to with the government.
The out-of-control wildfires burning in California have had a dramatic impact on spot rates in the region.
Driver costs are the highest cost for fleets, surpassing fuel for the second year in a row, according to data from the American Transportation Research Institute.
C.H. Robinson will implement Omnitracs’ Virtual Load View (VLV) application as it seeks ways to improve visibility into load tracking. The system will run alongside C.H. Robinson’s own Navisphere system.
The deadly wildfires raging in Northern California regained their vigor on Wednesday as winds picked up and helped spread fires, threatening historic Sonoma County wineries. The fires have left at least 17 people dead and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. They are also impacting shipping in the region.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), through chairperson Mary Nichols, has revealed the state’s interest in banning vehicles that produce carbon emissions, Bloomberg News reports. Governor Jerry Brown has called Nichols to ask why the CARB has not moved forward on this idea, Nichols told Bloomberg.
California Assembly Bill No. 398, otherwise known as The California cap and trade extension, has become but a blip in the news cycle, since the law was passed. The bill extended the state’s cap and trade program that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions until 2030. But it could mean much higher fuel prices.
A Buzzfeed writer has turned President Donald Trump’s visit with trucking leaders into a kids book. Also, manufacturing output declines and the uneven economy is causing some questions to be asked by trucking executives.
Good morning. Hope the roads are clear where you are today. As it turns out, that is not often the case for many of us. The American Transportation Research Institute reported that congestion on U.S. roadways cost the trucking industry $63.4 billion in 2015 and resulted in 996 million hours of lost productivity, which is equal to 362,243 truck drivers sitting idle for an entire year.
