Category: Transit News

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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Senators Introduce Bill Championed by ATA to Modernize Security Screening Process

Senators Introduce Bill Championed by ATA to Modernize Security Screening Process

| March 18, 2024

Bipartisan legislation would eliminate waste and inefficiencies in credentialing system costing frontline transportation workers The American Trucking Associations welcomed the introduction of the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act by Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), and Angus King (I-Maine).  The bill would eliminate redundant fees and background checks for essential transportation […]

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Aurora to Showcase Driverless Trucks Navigating Advanced Road Scenarios at Analyst and Investor Day

Aurora to Showcase Driverless Trucks Navigating Advanced Road Scenarios at Analyst and Investor Day

| March 17, 2024

Company shares progress toward Commercial Launch and path to gross profit, scale, and self-funding Aurora Innovation is holding an Analyst and Investor Day at its headquarters in Pittsburgh where executives will share the company’s progress toward driverless deployment and its path to gross profit, scale and self-funding. For the first time, the company will publicly […]

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