FedEx developed an autonomous battery-powered delivery robot to facilitate same-day last-mile deliveries, the company announced Wednesday. The FedEx SameDay Bot travels on sidewalks and along roads...
Read moreAs FreightWaves reported earlier this week, flooding was going to be a pretty good bet across northern California and the San Francisco metro area this week. Unfortunately, the region has been devasta...
Read moreIntroduced into both chambers of Congress on Tuesday was a bill that would allow CDL holders under the age of 21 to cross state lines and drive in interstate operations. Currently, federal law only al...
Read moreDive Brief: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a piece of legislation last week that allows people as young as 18 years of age to drive a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce. First, tho...
Read moreA bill to allow small carriers, including single-truck owner-operators, to forgot use of electronic logging devices and return to using paper logs is being prepped to file in the U.S. House, according...
Read moreRay Martinez, head of the U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, confirmed Monday that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Martinez’...
Read moreThe New York Department of Transportation has lifted its ban on empty tractor-trailers and tandems interstates within the state, but the ban remains in effect for the New York State Thruway from Exit ...
Read moreThe weather in California was fairly quiet last week, but that’s about to change. Snow is returning this week after many ski resort owners have already reported record snowfall this month. Unfortuna...
Read moreA new report from the research arm of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the OOIDA Foundation, suggests the “driver shortage” perceived by many larger fleets is more of a myth tha...
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