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April 8, 2015: Freightliner recalls Cascadia trucks; Postal Service hopes to upgrade fleet; DOT makes $500 million available for transportation projects

April 8, 2015
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning: Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 2,386 Freightliner Cascadia trucks manufactured between Oct. 6, 2014, and Feb. 16, 2015, because of potentially faulty service brakes, according to Trucking News Online.

Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:

• Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 2,386 Freightliner Cascadia trucks manufactured between Oct. 6, 2014, and Feb. 16, 2015, because of potentially faulty service brakes, according to Trucking News Online.

• Truck and road safety will be the topic of an upcoming symposium at The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas, KXAN news reported.

• “Revenge of the Nerds” star Robert Carradine was fined for crashing into a tractor-trailer on a Colorado Highway back in March, according to ABC 7News in Denver.

• During its first quarter of 2015, TAB Bank has distributed $17.1 million in trucking equipment loans to 33 transportation companies, according to a report in the Monitor Daily.

• The U.S. Department of Transportation has made $500 million available for transportation projects under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant program, Trucking News Online reported.

• The Postal Service seeks to replace its ‘aging fleet’ with one that is more high-tech, according to the Federal Times.
 

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