March 16, 2015: Arkansas truckers don’t want to drive faster; Iowa sees school bus costs rising; fashion trucks continue getting rave reviews.
March 16, 2015
Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:
- Arkansas truckers say they don’t want to drive at faster speeds despite the removal of the 65 mph speed limit for big rigs operation on rural roads in the Natural state, according to Arkansas Online.
- The cost of school bus transportation is rapidly becoming a bigger fiscal burden for many rural districts in Iowa, says the Sioux City Journal.
- South Dakota’s legislature votes to raise the state fuel tax by six cents per gallon, notes The Daily Republic.
- Highway contractors in Pennsylvania expect to see a lot of business due to the Keystone state’s beefed up transportation budget, according to the Scranton Times Tribune.
- A local motor carrier suffers the loss of four trucks to a fire, reports the Delaware County Daily Times.
- A Teamsters op-ed in Crain’s New York Business praises changes to air-cargo shipments rules at JFK International airport that allows trucks to handle more of that freight.
- Fashion trucks continue to get rave reviews, says the Detroit Free Press.
- The Scranton Times Tribune profiles the convoy of garbage trucks required to clean up the trash left behind after the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Scranton, PA.
- A father-son criminal duo get jail time for a conspiracy to steal commercial trucks, notes the Kansas City Business Journal.
- The U.S. heartland is playing host to a boom in intermodal freight activity, according to CNBC.
- Third-party logistics giant Coyote Logistics is planning a $2 billion public stock offering, reports the Wall Street Journal.