Category: Transit News

Women In Motion, Trucker Path Build on Partnership to Enhance Truck Stop Safety and Convenience

Women In Motion, Trucker Path Build on Partnership to Enhance Truck Stop Safety and Convenience

| March 21, 2024

The organizations are using this milestone to encourage more truck stops to get involved and support women drivers The American Trucking Associations’ Women In Motion and Trucker Path proudly announced that over 100 truck stops—and counting—have joined their effort to address the concerns of women on the road.  The organizations are using this milestone to […]

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PrePass launches in Four New States, Deploys 116 Additional Bypass Sites

PrePass launches in Four New States, Deploys 116 Additional Bypass Sites

| March 21, 2024

Fleets with the PrePass app now have 20 percent more bypass sites nationwide PrePass Safety Alliance today announced the expansion of its PrePass weigh station bypass system into four new states and the addition of 116 new sites to its extensive network. This growth to the PrePass bypass network further establishes PrePass as the leading […]

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Fuel Retailers Respond to Administration’s Final Rule for Lowering Carbon Emissions From Light-Duty Vehicles

Fuel Retailers Respond to Administration’s Final Rule for Lowering Carbon Emissions From Light-Duty Vehicles

| March 20, 2024

Fuel retailers today are installing electric vehicle charging stations without any clear signal that they will one day generate a return on the investment NATSO, representing America’s travel centers and truck stops, SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s […]

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Princeton TMX Introduces Sustainability Tool Within its TMS

Princeton TMX Introduces Sustainability Tool Within its TMS

| March 19, 2024

New tool measures carbon footprint at the point of shipment execution promoting more sustainable supply chain networks  Princeton TMX, a leading multi-modal transportation management system (TMS) provider, announced the release of a new sustainability tool for shippers to measure carbon footprint at the point of shipment execution. Embedded seamlessly within the Princeton TMX system, the […]

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 4.3% in February

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 4.3% in February

| March 19, 2024

Index Fell 1.4% from February 2023  American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 4.3% in February after decreasing 3.2% in January. In February, the index equaled 116.0 (2015=100) compared with 111.3 in January. “After a very soft January, due in part to winter storms, truck tonnage snapped back in February,” said […]

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New Report Pegs Cost of Electrifying U.S. Commercial Truck Fleet at $1 Trillion

New Report Pegs Cost of Electrifying U.S. Commercial Truck Fleet at $1 Trillion

| March 19, 2024

For example, a diesel Class 8 truck costs roughly $180,000, while a comparable battery-electric truck costs over $400,000 Full electrification of the U.S. commercial truck fleet would require nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure investment alone, according to a new report from Roland Berger released today by the Clean Freight Coalition. The study forecasts a realistic infrastructure buildout for the […]

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