Department of Transportation that fatal truck crashes fell 3.7% in 2014, continuing a decade-long improvement in safety the industry has experienced. “It is a tragedy whenever there is a fatality on our highways, but the trucking industry is pleased to see that it is a tragedy that fewer and fewer Americans are experiencing,” said ATA […]
Nopetro, Florida’s leading compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure provider, has announced the opening of the nation’s largest public/private compressed natural gas fueling facility. The facility, located at the intersection of John Young Parkway and LYNX Lane, is part of a public-private partnership (P3) with the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX). The six-acre facility, […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader, Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, has announced that its U.S. production facility located in Streator, Illinois, Stertil ALM, has been honored with the Manufacturing/Industry award from the Streator Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The award, which represents the second time Stertil ALM has received this accolade, was presented at […]
In contrast to the recent surge of optimism surrounding autonomous vehicles, RAND has issued a new report that says that these vehicles “would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety.” RAND further noted that “under […]
Ford Motor Company sold 254,711 vehicles in the U.S. in March – an 8 percent gain versus a year ago – while first quarter sales of 645,626 vehicles were up 9 percent. This represents the company’s best sales performance for March and first quarter since 2006. Total Ford brand SUVs are off to their best […]
Ficosa, a leader in safety and connectivity systems for the automotive and mobility sectors, has introduced a new “smart” rearview mirror, which is designed to contribute to added viability and safe driving decisions. This system, which has an integrated display in the structure of the interior rearview mirror, works as a mirror or as a […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni has announced that it will now deploy its powerful touch-screen control technology – ebright Smart Control System – on select models of the company’s battery wired mobile column lifts. These include the Stertil-Koni ST 1075, ST 1085, and ST 1100 models, with lifting capacities of 16,500 lbs., 18,500 lbs. […]
Heard a faint buzz overhead recently when rolling down the highway? It could be a drone, coming to your favorite roads, bridges and highways soon. For real. A growing number of state departments of transportation are leveraging drone technology to bps safety, reduce traffic congestion and save money. According to a March 2016 survey by […]
If you think your morning commute s getting worse, you’re probably right. Many of the Top 10 cities on a new traffic congestion list suffered from having longer travel times vs. a year ago. According to a new report, the TomTom Traffic Index 2016, overall congestion is heaviest in big West Coast cities, and booming […]
In response to Section 5221 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) of 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, through its Committee on National Statistics and Transportation Research Board, to carry out a study regarding high risk truck and bus companies. […]
