The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently opened bids for a pilot program to test the addition of tolls on existing interstate highways to fund their reconstruction. The call for prop...
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As electric vehicle initiatives move forward in Michigan, the state’s Public Service Commission (MPSC) has put out a call for public input on the development of pilot programs for plug-in electric v...
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The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced the opening of a new park and ride location in the city of Davenport as part of the implementation of the Iowa Park and Ride System Plan....
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A new survey conducted by the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP has looked at the potential in the self-driving car market and assessed that the field is heating up with interested parties, even though imp...
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The average gasoline price in the United States has fallen for 15 of the past 20 days, according to the AAA, with the average is $2.46 per gallon. This week’s average is a penny less than last we...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) is building the trucking industry’s future, President and CEO Chris Spear said recently during his state of the industry address at the ATA’s annual management...
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One area of the workforce that has made a steady rise through the first six months of 2017 is that of new car dealerships, with 1,134,200 now employed therein. A biannual report from the National A...
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The truck driver shortage is expected to reach 50,000 this year and 174,000 by 2026, according to a report by American Trucking Associations (ATA). The industry was short 45,000 drivers in 2015 and...
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The compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy vehicle grant program will make $200,000 available to fund the purchase of these vehicles, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities recently announced. Funds ar...
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For the model year 2017, one-third of vehicles do not have a spare tire as part of standard equipment, according to the AAA. Automakers are eliminating spare tires to decrease vehicle weight and in...
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently developed a new crash test program aimed at ensuring that manufacturers are focusing on the safety of front seat passengers as well as driver...
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For the second consecutive year, operational costs related to employees were higher than fuel costs in 2016, according to a report by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The aver...
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Hankook Tire recently hosted a grand opening ceremony for its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Clarksville, Tennessee. The $800 million Tennessee plant is Hankook’s eighth manufacturing fac...
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The Florida Public Service Commission recently held a roundtable discussion on electric-vehicle (EV) infrastructure. The roundtable, featuring utility, manufacturer, and industry development repres...
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Luxury rental car service Sixt Rent-a-Car recently announced the opening of a new location at the San Diego International Airport. Former San Diego Mayor and current President of the San Diego Reg...
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Employees at auto-glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass America filed a request Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, citing unfair and unequal treatment on the job as well as unsafe, arbitrary pol...
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Nearly a third of Chinese companies expect their travel budgets to grow over the next year, according to CITS American Express Global Business Travel’s 2017 China Business Travel Survey. A year a...
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Daimler AG is testing its latest autonomous vehicle, self-driving snow plows, on the site of the former Pferdsfeld airbase in Germany, which would be used for snow removal at airports. The test cal...
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A program run by the UPS Foundation, in conjunction with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW), is expanding into three new cities this year. The UPS Road Code ...
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The House Committee on Financial Services recently advanced a bill that would increase consumers' access to lender privacy policies and modernize the privacy notification process of auto lenders. T...
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