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Natural Gas Truck Sales Are on the Rise
Retail sales of U.S. and Canadian Class 8 Natural Gas trucks have increased in 2019, reversing the declining trend from the year before, according to ACT Research’s Alternative Fuels Quarterly…
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NACFE: Should Tractors and Trailers be Mated for Life?
The Tenth Anniversary of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency continues to be a packed one. On July 30, the nonprofit trucking industry research and advocacy group for greener, more fuel efficient and profitable trucking operations released two new Confidence Reports. One is an update on idling practices and the other…
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Auto Theft Hot Spots Ranked for 2018
While vehicle thefts in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) have dropped 28% since 2016, the city continues to have the highest per capita rate of vehicle theft in the nation, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s 2018 Hot Spots report…
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The Rising Importance of Fleet Managers
When we finally get there, they say we won’t own autonomous vehicles (AVs), we’ll summon them as needed and pay for their usage. Deploying millions of AVs owned and managed by organizations, not individual consumers, will be a permanent, societal paradigm shift toward fleets…
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Trucking Groups Seek FMCSA Rulemaking on Crash-Preventability Data
A coalition of 10 trucking-related stakeholders, including several lobbies for specialized carriers, is calling on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct a rulemaking if the agency intends to change how it analyzes and publishes data on motor carrier crashes.
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How Truck Drivers Can Fit in Fitness on the Road
Most truck drivers believe there’s no time or space to fit fitness into their lifestyle. True, a truck cab is tight quarters. And there’s no denying a trucker’s workday consists of long hours and a demanding schedule. But in reality, drivers do have the time and space to fit fitness in, and it’s more important than ever that they do. It’s up to trucking companies to realize this and create a supportive culture that encourages movement and exercise.
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