October 7, 2014: Train operators suffer from fatigue; new all-electric truck system; Bridgestone tires that never need inflating

Here is a look at what is happening around the world of transportation today:

• CBC News reports on growing concern over railroad engineer fatigue, with 75% of freight train operators saying they’ve fallen asleep at times on the job.
• Could the “biggest folly” in transportation be so-called “streetcars to nowhere”? The Week magazine thinks so.
• The Green Bay Gazette highlights the addition of pink components to a variety of heavy trucks to help raise breast cancer awareness.
• Volvo Trucks is working with a new “visibility system” to help big rig operators spot pedestrians and bicyclists better, according to Phys.Org.
• The BBC reports on a new all-electric propulsion system for delivery trucks.
• The FMCSA’s Mexican cross-border trucking program may be stuck in limbo for a while, according to DC Velocity.
• The Fresno Bee newspaper reports on a trucking firm slapped with a $3.5 million court verdict.
• Bridgestone shows off tires that never need to be inflated, according to CNET.
• The New York Times takes a trip aboard a mammoth cargo container ship.
• The creators of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) – technology long used for truck and trailer lights – win a Nobel Prize for physics, according to the BBC.