The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a new five-year, $580 billion federal surface transportation reauthorization bill that includes numerous items sought by the trucking industry.
Verisk’s CargoNet is warning transportation and logistics companies to prepare for increased cargo theft activity in the United States during the Memorial Day holiday period — from the Thursday before the holiday through the following Wednesday — which falls between May 21-May 27 this year.
AAA projects 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home for Memorial Day between Thursday, May 21, and Monday, May 25. The forecast sets a new Memorial Day weekend record with 39.1 million people traveling by car.
The House of Representatives has approved legislation to reduce red tape for military veteran truckers by allowing the Department of Veterans Affairs to streamline the approval of apprenticeship programs.
Nearly 600 commercial motor vehicles were placed out of service during this year’s unannounced Brake Safety Day enforcement campaign across North America.
The theme of this year's International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit was Funding Resilient Transport. Throughout the discussions, a question kept coming up: Are we paying enough attention to the people who keep these systems running?
