Category: Transit News

May Mobility to deploy autonomous vehicles to the Lyft platform

May Mobility to deploy autonomous vehicles to the Lyft platform

| November 6, 2024

Partnership to accelerate autonomous vehicle adoption in the U.S.  May Mobility, an autonomous driving (AD) technology company, and Lyft, one of the largest transportation network companies in North America, announced their multi-year partnership with plans to launch autonomous vehicles in the Lyft app. The companies will launch the first deployment in Atlanta in 2025. The service will use […]

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Truckers for Troops® 18th annual campaign begins during Veterans Day week Bringing aid to U.S. military and veterans

Truckers for Troops® 18th annual campaign begins during Veterans Day week Bringing aid to U.S. military and veterans

| November 4, 2024

Over the past 17 years, OOIDA has raised more than $800,000, sent more than 3,283 care packages, serving more than 39, 396 members of the military The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is getting ready to launch its annual Truckers for Troops® campaign from Nov. 11-17, 2024, beginning the same week as Veterans Day. This annual […]

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Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

Fleet Advantage & NACFE Announce Joint Webinar On EPA and CARB Allocation

| November 3, 2024

Webinar will discuss key strategies, asset acquisition and powertrain options going forward amid OEM offerings, market trends and supply chain challenges  Fleet Advantage, specialty financing, fleet data analytics, fleet management services, and life cycle cost management, will host a complimentary webinar, titled “Navigating Allocation & Powertrain Options: Data-Driven Truck Procurement Strategy Ahead of Upcoming Regulations,” […]

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Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

Trucking Company Employees Force Out Teamsters Union Bosses in Virginia, Similar Ouster Could Soon Come in New Jersey

| November 3, 2024

Efforts come in the face of anti-Right to Work push by Teamsters bosses and Teamster-backed Biden-Harris Labor Board rule change to disenfranchise workers In two recent efforts by trucking employees across the Eastern Seaboard to free their workplaces from Teamsters union officials, a group of Virginia workers has successfully forced out Teamsters Local 322, while […]

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Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

Voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award Now Open

| November 3, 2024

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fastport, honors military veterans who have made an outstanding transition into the commercial trucking industry Public voting for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award finalists begins November 1 and will run through Veterans Day, November 11. This prestigious award, coordinated by the […]

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Together for Safer Roads Honors Visionaries in Road Safety 

Together for Safer Roads Honors Visionaries in Road Safety 

| November 3, 2024

Robin Hutcheson and Jim Olson Honored for Significant Contributions to Road Safety Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a leading international NGO focused on building cross-sector partnerships to enhance fleet trucking safety, announced the distinguished recipients of the 2024 Annual Global Vision Zero Awards. These awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations working to make our roads […]

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