Category: Transit News

ATRI Calls for Motor Carrier Input on Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Accessibility for Women Truck Drivers

ATRI Calls for Motor Carrier Input on Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Accessibility for Women Truck Drivers

| October 19, 2023

Survey to identify what motor carriers are doing to recruit and retain women truck drivers The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) launched a new survey to identify what motor carriers are doing to recruit and retain women truck drivers. This survey is part of a larger study identified by ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee as a top […]

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Food Express Welcomes Truck Equipped with the New Cummins 15-Liter Natural Gas Engine into Fleet

Food Express Welcomes Truck Equipped with the New Cummins 15-Liter Natural Gas Engine into Fleet

| October 18, 2023

Clean Energy to Supply Ultra-low Carbon Renewable Natural Gas Food Express, Inc. announced has begun operating a Class-8 tractor fitted with a Cummins X15N, the highly anticipated engine which will be commercially available in 2024. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) is providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the new Kenworth truck at its fueling station in Fontana, […]

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Lightning eMotors’ Telematics Solution, Optimizes Fleet Planning and Deployment with Massive Database

Lightning eMotors’ Telematics Solution, Optimizes Fleet Planning and Deployment with Massive Database

| October 18, 2023

The integrated software provides fleet operators with real-time data for in-use vehicles and actionable Lightning Energy charging statistics Lightning eMotors provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles and charging solutions for fleets, announced today that it has passed the 10 terabyte (TB) database milestone for its state-of-the-art Lightning Insights™ telematics system utilizing Tessell DBaaS (database-as-a-service) […]

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Readying the Northeastern U.S. for Electric Trucks: National Grid to Build DOE Funded Roadmap

Readying the Northeastern U.S. for Electric Trucks: National Grid to Build DOE Funded Roadmap

| October 17, 2023

New study to inform planning and investment for truck charging infrastructure across thousands of miles of highways in the Northeast National Grid is announcing the kickoff of a landmark study to support the electrification of commercial fleets, mapping out truck charging needs across nearly 3,000 miles of major highways in the U.S. Northeast. Funded by […]

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ATA President Hails Advocacy Successes, Warns of Threats in State of the Industry Address

ATA President Hails Advocacy Successes, Warns of Threats in State of the Industry Address

| October 17, 2023

“Today, we can proudly declare our efforts are making a difference.” American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear said the Federation’s continued advocacy efforts were making a difference, but warned that the industry was threatened by a coalition of outside interest groups. “For nine decades, the ATA and its federation of 50 state trucking associations has […]

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Georgia Expands Deployment of Drivewyze Smart Roadways Service

Georgia Expands Deployment of Drivewyze Smart Roadways Service

| October 12, 2023

Drivewyze Smart Roadways Service Provides Commercial Truck Drivers with Real-Time Traffic Alerts The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) recently announced that it has expanded its deployment of real-time traffic alerts through Drivewyze’s Smart Roadways service. The expansion provides commercial truck drivers access to heavy congestion and slowdown traffic alerts across 1,400 miles of interstate […]

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