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Top 10 states winning Biden’s bridge-fixing windfall

14 January 2022

California will take home the biggest share of the $27 billion federal bridge repair and replace program, the first highway infrastructure funding package to be rolled out under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

State	Five-year funding
California	$4,246,868,525
New York	$1,892,071,670
Pennsylvania	$1,635,892,965
Illinois	$1,374,037,635
New Jersey	$1,147,100,410
Massachusetts	$1,126,280,955
Louisiana	$1,013,282,645
Washington	$605,063,355
Michigan	$563,136,760
Connecticut

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-10-states-winning-bidens-bridge-fixing-windfall

FreightWaves Classics: Refrigeration helped railroads move fresh food nationwide (Part 2)

14 January 2022

Swift and Company refrigerator cars on multiple sidings. (Photo: trains.com)

If you missed Part 1 of this article, here is a link.

Improving refrigerator railcars

Early wooden refrigerator railcars required insulation to help protect their contents from extremes in temperature. “Hairfelt” was compressed cattle hair, placed into the floor and walls of a railcar. It was inexpensive (a byproduct of the slaughtering process), yet quite flawed. Hairfelt would last three to four years, but it would decay, which rotted the car’s wooden partitions and often tainted the cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-refrigeration-helped-railroads-move-fresh-food-nationwide-part-2

Truck Tech: Snowy reception edition

14 January 2022

Welcome to Truck Tech. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the latest news, perspective and context in autonomy, electrification and other trucking technology on Fridays by email.

This week, Embark Trucks tests Level 4 autonomy in the snow; Volvo Trucks boosts the driving range of the VNR Electric to 280 miles; Waymo Via gets engaged to J.B. Hunt; and more.

Let it snow

When developers of driverless trucks talk about “edge” cases — the unusual and unforeseen happenings that can...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-snowy-reception-edition

Drilling Deep: Switching from gas taxes to mileage fees

14 January 2022

In an interview done from the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Barb Rhode of the Mileage Based Users Fee Alliance talks about continuing progress in the drive to replace gasoline taxes with mileage fees. She joins podcast host John Kingston following a presentation she made at the conference to bring us up to date on where that push stands.

Also on the podcast, Kingston talks about the renewed surge in natural gas prices and how that can impact the price of diesel.

More articles by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-switching-from-gas-taxes-to-mileage-fees

Daily Infographic: Lawrence Freight ups driver pay as much as 40%

14 January 2022

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daily-infographic-lawrence-freight-ups-driver-pay-as-much-as-40

Kar Q&A: The ‘ticking time bomb’ of technician shortage

14 January 2022

This week, Noregon, a provider of commercial vehicle diagnostic and repair software and data analytics solutions, announced the hiring of Sandeep Kar as its chief strategy officer. Kar will be responsible for accelerating the company’s growth, development and competitive differentiation.

Kar previously served as chief strategy officer for Fleet Complete. Before that, he was global vice president of automotive and transportation at Frost & Sullivan. “His wealth of knowledge and forward-thinking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kar-qa-the-ticking-time-bomb-of-technician-shortage

Trucker Path partners with Loadsmart to provide more capacity

14 January 2022

Trucker Path is partnering with Loadsmart to offer a better booking experience for drivers and carriers across North America.

The agreement between the companies integrates Loadsmart with Trucker Path’s TruckLoads freight matching load board, which has grown to nearly 100,000 carriers.

Trucker Path’s community of more than 1 million users now have access to loads on the Loadsmart platform, which come with book-instant or bid-on prices.

“By bringing Loadsmart into Trucker Path’s ecosystem, we will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucker-path-partners-with-loadsmart-to-provide-more-capacity

Unvaccinated Canadian truckers won’t be exempt from COVID-19 measures at border

14 January 2022

Trucks and vehicles seen leaving the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit entering Canada after crossing the US-Canada border, bridge seen in the background.

Canadian cross-border truckers who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will, in fact, face mandatory testing and quarantining after returning from U.S. trips starting Saturday, senior government officials said.

“Let us be clear: This has not changed. The information shared yesterday was provided in error,” according to a statement shared Thursday by Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. “Our teams have been in touch...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unvaccinated-canadian-truckers-wont-be-exempt-from-covid-19-measures-at-border

Kenworth sees orders for electric trucks triple in 3 months

13 January 2022

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Orders for Kenworth Truck Co. medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks have tripled in the past 90 days as fleets take advantage of incentives to offset the upfront cost and add zero-emission capacity ahead of coming sales quota regulations.

The electric versions of the Class 6 cabover K270 and conventional Class 8 T680 daycab and demonstration hydrogen-powered fuel cell T680 built with Toyota Motor Corp., were offered to the media for literal around-the-block rides and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kenworth-sees-orders-for-electric-trucks-triple-in-3-months

Trailer orders fall in 2021 as manufacturers battle omicron, parts shortages

13 January 2022

Trailer manufacturers battling worker outages because of omicron infections and ongoing parts shortages finished 2021 on a down note with little optimism for a meaningful recovery in the near-term.

Preliminary net orders in December were soft at 26,600 units, continuing a months-long trend of manufacturers accepting only orders they are confident of being able to produce. Bookings were down 17% from November and off 40% year over year, according to ACT Research.

For the full year, manufacturers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-orders-fall-in-2021-as-manufacturers-battle-omicron-parts-shortages

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