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Daimler Demonstrates a Self-Driving Truck

July 18, 2014
Melissa Eddy The New York Times July 18, 2014 View the original piece For Daimler, the truck driver of the future looks something like this: He is seated in the cab of a semi, eyes on a tablet and hands resting in his lap. Daimler demonstrated its vision Thursday along a stretch of the A14 autobahn near Magdeburg in eastern Germany, the culmination of years of innovation. It says the vehicle — called the Mercedes-Benz...

IBT Picks Roadway labor relations man for YRC Board

July 14, 2014
Austin Alonzo Kansas City Business Journal July 14, 2014 View the original piece Late Friday, the Overland Park-based less-than-truckload carrier (Nasdaq: YRCW) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that the union-nominated and the company-approvedDavidson will join YRC's nine-member board. Davidson will fill the seat Harry Wilsonvacated in March. Wilson, the chairman and CEO of New York-based MAEVA Group LLC, resigned from the board after seeing the company through a financial restructuring in early 2014. Between February 2013 and March 2014, YRC paid MAEVA...

Fix the Highway Trust Fund

July 10, 2014
Richard Trumka AFL-CIO July 10, 2014 View the original piece The Highway Trust Fund pays for the upkeep of our roads, bridges and public transit. Yet for more than two decades, Congress has failed to increase its funding. The fund hasn't kept up with inflation, let alone the urgent needs for the modernization of our transportation systems. Now a crisis, years in the making, is coming to a head. Time is running out for Congress...

Daimler Trucks Debuts Self-Driving ‘Future Truck 2025’

July 08, 2014
Transport Topics July 08, 2014 View the original piece Daimler Trucks debuted its self-driving “Future Truck 2025” during an on-highway test drive on a section of the autobahn near Magdeburg, Germany. The truck uses the company’s Highway Pilot system to drive completely autonomously at speeds up to 53 mph. The system could be launched in production vehicles as early as 2025 if conditions permit, according to Daimler. “Autonomous driving will revolutionize road freight transport and...

YRC Freight Proposed Change of Operations

June 25, 2014
UPDATED June 26, 2014: YRC Freight has submitted a proposed change of operations to the IBT which would re-open distribution centers in Memphis and Houston, and reclassify Seattle as a distribution center. The change will be heard on July 23, and the company wants implementation on August 17. One effect of this change would be to allow the use of purchased transportation in and out of these three terminals. 119 dock, switcher, road, mechanic, and...
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