Transportation

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Achieving Resilience Amid Profound Change

By Ferdian Syah 6 hours ago

By Poornima Apte

The transportation industry is bracing for significant changes.

While e-commerce is projected to expand, a shortage of truckers who haul freight across the country is expected to linger. Add in rising freight weights, escalating consumer demands for quicker deliveries and penalties for missing delivery windows, and companies have a steep hill to climb when it comes to transporting goods.

The platform enables store managers to know when shipments will arrive and manage exceptions in case of delays, such as those caused by traffic.

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Given that nearly 73% of goods in the United States moved by truck

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How To Build A Strong, Reliable Transportation Network

By Ferdian Syah 12 hours ago

Businesses of all shapes and sizes know if they don’t have a strong, reliable transportation network, their products won’t reach customers. Let’s face it, if customers aren’t getting what they want, they will quickly move to another company that delivers what they need when they need it, damage-free.

A truly optimized transportation network means it is flexible enough to adapt with your company’s strategy, changing needs, and a variety of constraints and variables.

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Along with the challenge of delivering orders on-time, the cost of moving freight in North America is forecast to increase 6.6 percent in 2018. Coupled with

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Omaha transportation leaders look to streetcar era for inspiration | Local News

By Ferdian Syah 18 hours ago

A Dundee streetcar in the early 1950s. Streetcars flourished in the 1920s and had a resurgence during World War II, but service was discontinued in 1955.

The Omaha-Council Bluffs streetcar era began in 1868. The metro area had 90 miles of tracks by 1890. Some hope that the ORBT bus line could someday bring development along its path as streetcars did in their day.

Looking back 100 years, Mode Shift Chair Liz Veazey can appreciate the job that streetcars once did for

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What are the potential I-495/I-270 tolls? Md. Transportation Authority gets 1st look

By Ferdian Syah 1 day ago

Drivers who use Maryland’s new High-Occupancy Toll lanes along Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway can expect to pay — on average — about $1 per mile during the morning commute and approximately $1.50 per mile to get home, according to a preliminary set of toll ranges that were presented Thursday morning to the Maryland Transportation Authority board of directors.

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Motorists who use Maryland’s new High-Occupancy Toll lanes along Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway (I-495) can expect

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Park City sees possibility of tapping Olympic-related monies for major transportation upgrades

By Ferdian Syah 2 days ago

A sculpture off S.R. 224 commemorates the 2002 Winter Olympics, when the Park City area hosted approximately 50% of the competitions. Park City sees there being possibilities for funding opportunities for transportation projects should another Olympics be awarded to the region.
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Park City leaders twice in the last week spoke of the prospect that a second Winter Olympics could create funding opportunities as City Hall continues to consider what are anticipated to be high-dollar infrastructure projects, particularly transportation improvements.

The recent Olympic mentions are more evidence of the desire of the municipal government to parlay a

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Florida Supreme Court rejects transportation tax increase

By Ferdian Syah 2 days ago

The Florida Supreme Court struck down the voter-approved one-cent sales tax passed in 2018 by Hillsborough County residents.

The state of play: The 4-1 ruling declared that the tax’s “spending directives are unconstitutional in that they conflict with a state law that gives the county commission the authority to allocate such funds.” The decision is a blow to transportation progress.

The revenue was to be split between the county’s transit authority and the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City to fix roads and improve mass transit, bus service and transportation safety.
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