Aggressive behavior behind the wheel can lower gas mileage in high-duty vehicles by approximately 10 to 40 percent in stop-and-go traffic and 15 to 30 percent at highway speeds, according to a recent ...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) board of directors recently elected John Schroer as association president. Schroer is commissioner of the Tennessee D...
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John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers, praised the recent introduction of the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technolog...
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More than 30 organizations recently entered a diverse coalition that is fighting against a federal regulation requiring trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices. The 31-member organiza...
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Automakers Mazda Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., and auto-parts manufacturer Denso Corp. recently signed a contract to develop basic technologies for electric vehicles (EV), also agreeing to establis...
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U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI) recently introduced a bill that would require self-driving vehicle manufacturers to submit safety evaluation reports to the Secretary of Transportat...
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An alliance between U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI) will bring forward joint legislation on self-driving vehicles for consideration by the Senate Commerce Committee. Thune, chai...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently presented its 2017 America's Transportation Awards for the grand prize and people’s choice awards. "For 10...
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The New York State Department of Transportation will invest $110 million in Phase III of the Kew Gardens Interchange project in central Queens, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. More than 200,000 vehicles tr...
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Toyota Motor Corp. recently announced plans to invest $373.8 million in the United States by 2020. The funds will be used to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture at its Alabama plant and to b...
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A report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently found that, despite a sizeable jump in gas prices for September against the same period last year, public transportation co...
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Congestion-related delays for the Bay Area freeway during weekday commute periods rose 9 percent to a record of 3.5 minutes per commuter in 2017 compared to 3.2 minutes the year prior, according to a ...
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Plug In America recently announced that National Drive Electric Week, held Sept. 9-17, reached all 50 U.S. states for the first time in the event’s history. A total of 276 coordinated events occ...
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Officials from Queen Anne County, Maryland, recently met with state Deputy Transportation Secretary Jim Ports to discuss the draft for fiscal years 2018 through 2023 Consolidated Transportation Progra...
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The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recently announced that 42 additional individuals have recently earned the organization’s Safety Certification for Transportation Pr...
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South Korean multinational steel-making company POSCO recently opened a new plant at the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville. The plant was announced last year and POSCO has invested $21 million in the ...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently renewed its ATA Featured Product agreement with Noregon, a vehicle-data expert company. Noregon manufactures TripVision, a remote vehicle health and sa...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) has begun testing its Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon in Atlanta, designed to assist pedestrians safely cross busy streets. The beacon is designed for busy r...
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Daimler recently announced that it will soon begin production of electric Mercedes-Benz EQ-branded SUV models at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based manufacturing facility, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International ...
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In a revealing report that bolsters proponents of safety technology, the AAA Foundation found this week that equipping large trucks with advanced safety tech could prevent as many as 63,000 crashes a ...
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