One of the more interesting discussions that came out of the 95 th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington D.C. this week centered on how to accommodate freight needs ...

Freight networks and carrier relationships are increasingly shaping risk, pricing stability, and planning visibility across ...

Poor urban and infrastructure planning results in increased costs for freight in several ways: by not allowing freight operators to use infrastructure efficiently; limiting hours of operations; ...

As the nation continues to emerge from the Great Recession, state and local governments remain focused on economic development and job creation. A key takeaway from this period is the growing ...

Texas was the highest ranked freight plan in ATRI's research based in part on the state's use of detailed commodity and freight flow data. Photo: ATRI The American Transportation Research Institute on ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As cities continue to embrace designs for “complete streets,” tailored for cars, bicyclists and pedestrians traveling alongside one another, urban planners should consider freight ...

At the end of 2019 – December 27, to be exact – the US Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary – filed a request for information regarding the development of a National Freight Strategic ...

One of the first lessons small carriers learn the hard way is that freight doesn’t move the same every week of the year. You might be booked solid in April and struggling for a load in September. That ...

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If your entire week is shaped by whatever pops up on the load board that morning, you’re not running a plan—you’re reacting. That approach is what keeps carriers in the cycle of inconsistent weeks, ...

Throughout 2018, the ratio of loads to trucks in the DAT network of load boards has set new records. For the week ending May 12, the ratio was highest in the flatbed market with 102 loads posted for ...