Transportation trends Tremendous strides by innovators have resulted in some fascinating and intriguing enhancements to the transportation industry. In fact, in many ways, it feels like the future of the transportation industry is already here. These developments will cause transportation companies to rethink job descriptions and figure out when humans should
Author: Jack Smith
U.S. truck firms accelerate into the merging lane
A transport truck passes through the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S. on September 3, 2017. Picture taken on September 3. The consolidation of the U.S. trucking industry is picking up speed, with big trucking companies and private equity funds scooping up smaller firms as a U.S. regulatory mandate
Nissan resumes some production amid scandal, fresh wrongdoing found
The logo of Nissan Motor Co is pictured at a showroom at the carmaker's headquarters in Yokohama, Japan May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd resumed on Tuesday most of the domestic car production that had been suspended in the wake of a scandal over uncertified technicians
United weighs purchase of new Boeing 767 passenger jets
Customers of United wait in line to check in at Newark International airport in New Jersey, November 15, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK - United Continental Holdings Inc. is considering replacing wide-body planes with new Boeing 767 passenger jets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The move would mark a reversal
World’s Best Airlines for 2018, by AirlineRatings
Air New Zealand Boeing 787. Best airline in the world AirlineRatings.com, the world’s only safety, and product rating agency promotes excellence in the airline industry and the pinnacle of these efforts is its Airline Excellence Awards. The results are in for world’s best airlines for 2018 The world’s best airlines for 2018 have
Largest US port complex passes plan to reach zero emissions
FILE - Containers are pictured at the ITS terminal at the Port of Long Beach, California Los Angeles - The largest port complex in the nation has set goals to drastically reduce air pollution over the next several decades. The plan approved Thursday at a meeting of the governing boards of the twin ports
Trump directs US Dept of transport to test integrating drones into national airspace
Integration of drones into the National Airspace System will accelerate with a pilot program directed by the FAA, the Transportation Department announced on Wednesday November 1, 2017 The U.S Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration are expected to use the program in the development of a regulatory framework to allow more complex low-altitude
Carmakers plan 400 Europe car charging stations by 2020
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A group of mainly German carmakers will open ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations this year and plans a pan-European network of 400 by 2020, hoping to narrow Tesla’s lead. News about the initiative first flagged a year ago, had been long anticipated as governments push for improvements in
Crashed Russian helicopter raised from its Arctic seabed
In this photo provided by The Accident Investigation Board Norway, the body, rotor and separated tail of the helicopter MI-8AMT with the registration RA-22312 is lifted up on deck of the ship Maersk Forza, off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, early Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. A Russian helicopter that crashed
