Category: Transit News

ATRI RELEASES ANNUAL LIST OF TOP 100 TRUCK BOTTLENECKS

ATRI RELEASES ANNUAL LIST OF TOP 100 TRUCK BOTTLENECKS

| February 14, 2024

For the sixth year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey is once again the Number One freight bottleneck in the country  The American Transportation Research Institute released its 13th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America. The 2024 Top Truck Bottleneck List measures the level of truck-involved […]

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Complete Coach Works Begins the First Deliveries for Their 5-Year Mid-Life Overhaul Contract from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Complete Coach Works Begins the First Deliveries for Their 5-Year Mid-Life Overhaul Contract from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

| February 13, 2024

The overhaul work on both 40 ft and 60 ft hybrid electric coaches will include repowering the buses with either new or remanufactured Cummins ISL engines and the hybrid propulsion system Complete Coach Works (CCW), the nation’s leading transportation solutions provider, announced the beginning of deliveries for a five-year contract awarded by the San Francisco […]

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ISEE Commercially Deploys World’s First Fully Autonomous Truck Yard

ISEE Commercially Deploys World’s First Fully Autonomous Truck Yard

| February 13, 2024

By harnessing the power of AI, machine learning, and computer vision, ISEE has created and deployed a fully autonomous system  ISEE autonomous vehicle technology for transportation and logistics, announced the world’s first commercial fleet deployment of autonomous yard trucks at a Fortune 100 customer’s site. This cutting-edge deployment, located in Texas, represents a transition from […]

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ATRI ISSUES CALL FOR MOTOR CARRIERS AND OWNER-OPERATORS TO PARTICIPATE IN DETENTION SURVEY

ATRI ISSUES CALL FOR MOTOR CARRIERS AND OWNER-OPERATORS TO PARTICIPATE IN DETENTION SURVEY

| February 12, 2024

Driver detention – time spent waiting at shipper or receiver facilities outside of loading/unloading – is a longstanding issue in the trucking industry As part of a larger study on the impacts of truck driver detention on the industry, the American Transportation Research Institute today issued a call for motor carriers and owner-operators to participate […]

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the departure of Administrator Robin Hutcheson

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the departure of Administrator Robin Hutcheson

| January 22, 2024

Hutcheson was a fierce champion for women in the transportation industry and a committed partner to stakeholders The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the departure of Administrator Robin Hutcheson. Hutcheson, who joined the Biden-Harris Administration in Jan. 2021, will depart the agency on Jan. 26. Sue Lawless, FMCSA Executive Director and Chief Safety Officer, […]

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Blue Bird Receives Record Order of 180 Electric School Buses

Blue Bird Receives Record Order of 180 Electric School Buses

| January 22, 2024

Los Angeles Unified School District Places Largest Order of EV Buses in Blue Bird History to Help District Shift to Zero-Emission Student Transportation Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history. Los Angeles […]

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