As part of the update to the commonwealth’s 12-Year Transportation Program, Pennsylvanians are invited to visit www.TalkPATransportation.com to provide input on their transportation priorities and to register for the program’s first-ever interactive online public meeting. The program, which serves as a blueprint of prioritized transportation projects, is updated every two years through a cooperative effort […]
Volvo Trucks has recently named Mike Randolph vice president of national accounts for North America. Randolph will oversee Volvo’s national accounts team, which develops total fleet solutions for less-than-truckload, truckload and private fleets. “Mike’s wealth of industry knowledge and experience make him ideally suited to lead this important facet of our business and further the […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has begun a two-week strike force of passenger bus safety inspections across the country, part of the agency’s Motorcoach Safety Initiative to remove high-risk buses and drivers from our roads. In addition to surprise inspections, investigators will also visit new bus companies to assess […]
Oliver Rubber, a leading provider of products and services to the tire retreading industry, has announced the launch of the Vantage Max Drive, an EPA Smartway® verified drive position retread for line-haul applications. This new retread is designed for single and tandem axle tractors. “The Vantage Max Drive is Oliver’s first Smartway verified dual drive […]
FPInnovations’ Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) group, a not-for-profit engineering and research center for the North American trucking industry, has announced that it will host its biannual Energotest® event at the Transport Canada test track operated by PMG Technologies in Blainville, Quebec, September 11 to 19, 2013. The event will feature fuel consumption tests comparing North […]
Stertil-Koni, the leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts — serving municipalities, transit agencies and corporate fleets throughout North America, as well as the U.S. Government — has announced that it has taken the lead in terms of the total number of ALI/ETL certified heavy-duty lifting products. Significantly, every Stertil-Koni vehicle lift model currently in production […]
