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In 2004 a provision was set to go before California voters that would create a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles. That provision was delayed until 2006 and then again to 2008 where voters passed the initiative 52.6% to 47.4%. The initiative earmarked $9.95 billion for the high-speed rail project. Construction began this year […]

As humans, especially in a capitalistic society, we inherently want to hang on to our precious resources, such as money. So when faced with multiple options we typically choose the cheapest one. This is not always wise. Whenever I have the opportunity to advise a company on their shipping procedures and policies, I tell them

After several posts dealing with congress and politics and otherwise weighty issues, when I saw this I thought it would be a lot more “fun” to write about. While I do not think being stuck in traffic is fun, lists and rankings are. So here we go. The American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI) released its

Have you heard about the latest blockbuster movie that has “smashed” box office sales records? It doesn’t matter which movie, the point isn’t the movie it’s the way we trumpet statistics and confuse and mislead others with their meaning. The price of movie is going up and has gone up significantly. I am in my

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cleared the rule requiring all trucks to be equipped with and for all truck drivers to use Electronic Logging Devices for their hours of service logging. Companies will have two years to equip their trucks and train their drivers. Time will tell if these devices streamline operations, make

Back on Nov. 6, this blog posted that the House bill, The STRR Act, was making allowances that seemed to oppose its goal of maintaining highway safety. This blog wasn’t created to highlight political activities exclusively, but as we’re heading toward congress’ traditional Thanksgiving shutdown many items on their “to-do” lists, such as highway/transportation bills, are

We’ve highlighted this concern several times, but it’s worth bringing up again in light of Congress’ latest move. The House and Senate sent their transportation bills, STRR Act and the DRIVE bill, respectively, to committee to iron out the differences (with a re-vote pending on the results). The big issue is the “interim hiring standards” provision

“The Cass Freight Index dropped by 5.3% from September to October, and the latest month’s reading was down 4.7% from a year earlier. It was the lowest October reading since 2011,” writes Robbie Whelan in the Wall Street Journal. October and November tend to be some of the busiest shipping months of the year but thanks

Jason Cannon of Commercial Carriers Journal wrote yesterday that Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a coalition of companies united for the advancement of road-safety, released a white paper outlining progress that has been made since 2010 when the U.N. established its “Decade of Action for Road Safety.” The white paper outlines many best practices companies and individuals can implement

Both The Journal of Commerce and the Commercial Carriers Journal reported today on the industry slowdown. James Jaillet wrote, “Average per-mile rates on the spot market again dove in all three major truckload segments in October, according to monthly rate data from Truckstop.com.” And, “This is the third straight month all three segments have seen a decline in their