FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Old Dominion Freight Line — Helping the World Keep Promises. Learn more here. The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln to garner federal support for construction of the transcontinental railroad. While B&O Railroad was the first commercial transportation by rail in 1827, connecting Chicago to the…
The California State Assembly voted Wednesday to ban driverless trucks from the state’s roadways, requiring a safety driver be present. If passed by the Senate, it would leave the state where most autonomous trucking companies are based as an outlier in adopting the technology. The 54-3 vote banning autonomous vehicles over 10,000 pounds from operating…
The Federal Railroad Administration is proposing rules to formalize the certification process for two groups of craft employees working on U.S. freight railroads. Each proposed rule — one for train dispatchers and the other for signal employees — calls for railroads to develop programs to certify these individuals. The programs would verify that workers have…
WASHINGTON — California Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to award $700 million to set up a zero-emission multistate freight corridor for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Federal money for the West Coast Truck Charging and Fueling Corridor Project is being sought through a joint application filed by California, Oregon and Washington…
Visibility has been top of mind for logistics leaders over the past several years. Real-time location and condition insights became more important than ever as the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the e-commerce surge and consumer expectations around package visibility and on-time delivery skyrocketed. At the same time, a veritable technological revolution continued across the transportation industry….