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Infrastructure: The money is there but the clock is ticking
States’ ability to prioritize freight projects may determine whether Biden’s infrastructure money will make short- or long-term progress toward fixing the country’s supply chains.
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Locomation convoy plan doubles down on autonomous trucking challenge
Startup Locomation sees huge upside for an autonomous trucking convoy, but it has a long road to meeting its goal of 60,000 trucking pairs by…
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Selling autonomy: Practical realities meet fully robotic aspirations
Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.
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Call it a ‘D’: Reason Foundation’s Poole grades the infrastructure package
Poole says the bill is a step away from the "user pays, user benefits" policy that has long been in place for infrastructure.
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Can taxing trucks on miles traveled work?
A VMT user fee has support from “Secretary Pete” — but not from trucking.
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I can drive for miles and miles … can states tax me on it?
Pennsylvania’s move to scrap fuel taxes could change how states generate revenue to pay for road projects.
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Road-user fee advocates warn Congress: Give truckers priority
Experts warned lawmakers of industry backlash if trucking is singled out to save the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund
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Today’s Pickup: Highway conditions deteriorate, congestion holding steady, study says
Plus: Waymo releases data; Softbank opens up IPOs; Nevada truckers to retake driving tests.
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Radio Recap: tolls, autonomous, driver pay and more
FreightWaves Radio’s seventh national show was broadcast on Saturday, April 6 on SiriusXM’s Road Dog Channel 146.
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Today’s Pickup: Libertarian group pushes toll-financed infrastructure plan
Plus: Chinese AV in Silicon Valley; a Singapore mall, Alibaba and Blockchain; Nigeria’s logistics disrupter
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