From tragedy to unprecedented feats, the Golden Gate Bridge is an important part of American history in freight, transportation and architecture.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller provides analysis regarding the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
President Biden got input Tuesday from express carriers and large retailers on the supply chain crisis.
SMART-TD must negotiate with Class I railroads on train crew size; Rail Customer Coalition calls on STB to take up reciprocal switching; ASLRRA praises progress on infrastructure bill; and Canadian Pacific urges KCS shareholders to vote against the proposed CN-KCS merger.
A Mack Trucks facility was the backdrop Wednesday for President Biden to highlight his plan to require that 75% of the value of a product’s components be made in the U.S.
Truck driving is the biggest single occupation that stands to benefit from the president’s infrastructure plan, according to a new report.
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan is light on details, but it could affect the health care supply chain.
Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan relies heavily on rolling back Trump’s corporate tax cuts.
Congressman Sam Graves proposes using the Postal Service to test a new bridge and highway funding effort.
President Biden has pledged to pump funding into state and local agencies in a bid to make last-mile freight delivery smarter and safer.
A Democratic “trifecta” in Washington could finally push a long-term infrastructure past the finish line.
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, who dropped out of 2020 presidential campaign earlier this year and endorsed Biden, as secretary of transportation. “I […]
A car-crazed high schooler, Samatha Parlier learned long before becoming vice president of vocational market development for Daimler Trucks North America that even though both have wheels and engines, off-highway trucks are quite different from passenger cars.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is optimistic for a Phase 4 COVID relief bill signed by the end of the year.
Control of the Senate will be critical for the 2021 reauthorization process.
National Multimodal Freight Network expected to be released later this year.
Infrastructure provisions passed the U.S. House of Representatives, but they may have trouble finding support in Republican-controlled Senate.
Funding likely to remain elusive for proposal that focuses on zero-carbon initiatives.
Trump administration seeks industry comment on Obama-era transportation document.
Proposal is part of $1.3 trillion infrastructure plan
$2 trillion infrastructure plan would boost Highway Trust Fund to $850 billion
Railroads – like trucking – will be focusing on solving the Highway Trust Fund problem this year. But could a Green New Deal become a competitive selling point?
Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih announced on January 26 that the country is raising $426 billion in private sector investments, which will include roughly $36 billion for logistics infrastructure according to Reuters.
The biggest hurdle to making an infrastructure plan work is figuring out how to pay for it. A Washington D.C. think tank says Congress is ready to consider mileage-based user fees.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue threw down $25,000 for ideas on how to pay for infrastructure. And told Washington to open back up.
Seeking to provide a more comprehensive solution for fleets, Omnitracs has unveiled its Unified Fleet Management platform Omnitracs One.
Won’t tolls make congestion worse? Come to find out, with today’s technology, perhaps not.
The Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association has joined efforts to change the current hours-of-service rules to allow drivers to stop driving when they are tired.
President Trump issued his broad goals for infrastructure, but encouraged private investment over public
In these polarized times, one thing it seems everyone wants to see is improved roads and bridges. And to no one’s surprise, the devil is in the details.
The National Association of Truck Stop Owners has released a study showing a correlation between commercialized rest stops and lower available truck parking. We discuss the findings as well as the study’s limitations.
President Trump’s first State of the Union raised the stakes of his infrastructure plan from $1T to $1.5T in a rare moment of bipartisan appeal.
The infrastructure bill outline leaked yesterday provides clues to how Trump wants to incentivize $800B in state, local, and private spending: tolls on interstates, removing constraints on private activity bonds, and value capturing financing for transit projects.
