February 20, 2015: NHTSA asked to mandate anti-collision technology; Trucks jammed at Mexico border; Data driving delivery demands.
Feb. 20, 2015
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- Four safety groups are petitioning NHTSA to mandate collision mitigation technology for commercial vehicles, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
- A focused look by The Vineland Daily Journal at how a small New Jersey trucking company is trying to find and hire more truck drivers this year.
- The widow of a law enforcement officer is suing Walmart and Swift Transportation over the crash that killed her husband, notes News 4 JAX.
- A Georgia truck driver training school gets tagged as one of the best in the Peach state, according to Fox 31 News.
- Many of Washington D.C.’s fire trucks can’t pass inspection and thus are unavailable for duty, reports WJLA 7 News.
- Customs delays at the U.S. Mexico border are resulting in massive truck traffic jams, notes The Brownsville Herald.
- An Oregon-based grocery store chain adds LNG-powered Class 8 tractors to its fleet, according to The Portland Tribune.
- An effort to hike Washington State’s fuel taxes may stall as several legislators want to focus on education issues first and not transportation needs, reports The Olympian.
- A new report lays out how California can get more ‘bang’ from its transportation ‘bucks,’ notes Streetsblog LA.
- Vice President Biden and Transportation Secretary Foxx continue to talk up the White House’s Grow America transportation initiative on a five-state speaking tour, according to WSOC Charlotte.
- Forbes reports that demand for on-time delivery is reaching new heights fueled in part by more real-time availability of detailed shipment data.
- Shippers are warned to brace for a ‘freight storm’ if and when the labor strife enveloping West Coast ports is solved, reports The Journal of Commerce.
