October 15, 2014: FedEx Freight drivers reject Teamsters, crossing into Mexico and bad fuel strands trucks

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

• FedEx Freight drivers in New Jersey say no to a Teamsters’ unionizing effort, according to the Memphis Business Journal.
• The Capital Press chronicles the contentious history of the Mexican cross-border trucking pilot program and how no one is exactly sure what happens next now that the 3-year effort has expired.
• The Journal of Commerce reports on new and optional density-based rates being offered by United Parcel Service.
• Ontario’s truck driver schools are taken to task in this editorial by The Toronto Star newspaper.
• CNBC reports on surging third quarter earnings at the CSX railroad.
• A story in The Press Enterprise newspaper touts the rising wages and benefits becoming more widely available to truck drivers.
• The new 2015 model Ford F-150 pickup nabs “Truck of Texas” honors, according to Fox News.
• The Sacramento Bee reports on a box truck loaded with marijuana and attempting to flee the California Kingman wildfire getting caught by police.
• Bad fuel at a Pilot truck stop strands big rigs on the side of the road in Texas, according to KSAT 12 in San Antonio.
• A writer for The Verge goes on what he calls a “terrifying ride” in the Telsa D all-electric super car.
• Building more and better roads is the way to reduce hunger around the world, according to this opinion piece in National Geographic.