March 12, 2015: Felon driving truck in Amtrak crash; Indiana tries new transpo funding tactics; spring weight exemption for sewage trucks.
March 12, 2015
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association is trying to help generate fresh ideas on how to attract more workers to the truck driving career, reports WJAC 6 News.
- A truck driver involved in a major crash with an Amtrak train is found to be a felon with numerous traffic citations, according to PennLive.
- A burning tanker truck shuts down one of Detroit’s major freeways, notes ABC News.
- Minnesota is granting septic sewer trucks a springtime weight exemption, reports the Grand Forks Herald.
- Monster trucks prepare to get down to some metal-crunching business in Pennsylvania this weekend, according to the Allentown Morning Call.
- Indiana is trying out some new approaches to transportation funding, says the Lafayette Journal & Courier.
- A bipartisan group of Minnesota’s legislature wants to beef up transportation funding for the North Star state, notes Minnesota Public Radio News.
- The former transit chief for Denver is moving to the Golden state to become CEO of the Los Angeles transit system, reports the Los Angeles Times.
- Public transit use in the U.S. remains on the rise despite falling fuel prices, according to the Reynolds Center.
- A new startup firm wants to streamline the ocean freight shipping system, reports TechCrunch.
- The U.S. DOT’s freight shipping index dropped for a second straight month, says the Jacksonville Business Journal.
- An investor group wants to spend $5 billion on logistics projects in Jamaica, notes the Jamaica Observer.
