Transportation New Brunswick Hwy Twinning Project Ahead of Schedule August 1, 2014 BEDFORD, NS - Dexter Construction announced they will finish twinning the Route 1 Gateway highway in New Brunswik six months ahead of schedule.
Transportation New Border Tech Helps Carriers Avoid Delays August 1, 2014 FORT ERIE, ONTARIO - New technology will be installed at the Peace and Queenston-Lewiston Bridges to help make border crossing faster, announced Attorney General Robert Nicholson on behalf of Transportation Minister, Denis Lebel.
Transportation The View From Here August 1, 2014 So far, the best priced freight in this recovery is the sort that many carriers traditionally don't want
Transportation More Trucks Face Turnarounds at the Border August 1, 2014 VANCOUVER, BC - New border security developments may increase the number of Canadian truck drivers turned around at the U.S. border.
Transportation Detroit-Windsor Bridge Deal Expected Friday August 1, 2014 WINDSOR - Announcement on agreement to build a second bridge between Detroit and Windsor expected.
Transportation FMCSA Shares 2012-2016 Strategic Plan August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON - Plan takes a three-pronged approach to truck safety.
Legitimate Beefs: About Time the West Got a Break August 1, 2014 The night the U.S. shut down the border to Canadian beef exports because one cow in Alberta had mad cow disease, I turned on a national newscast to get some perspective on what thi
Thinking FAST at the Border August 1, 2014 Every now and then the unexpected happens and things just plain work out.
Solution to the Windsor Mess? Here’s a Pair August 1, 2014 Most "official" folks say there's no simple way to more efficiently funnel some 6,000 trucks a day across the Ambassador Bridge. But given the delays all those drivers and their lo
Bridging the Detroit/Windsor Gap August 1, 2014 Every time I drive my politically incorrect Durango across the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., I get the willies. That's the only word I can find to de
Transportation The Matty Factor August 1, 2014 There's a new plan that has folks from both Windsor and Detroit hopeful the mess at this crucial Ontario-Michigan border crossing may finally be fixed.
Big Risk, Deaf Ears: The Ambassador Bridge August 1, 2014 Lord knows there's been a word or three written lately about the Ambassador Bridge, that 75-year-old span that effectively turns the North American auto industry into a single unit
Transportation Questionable Moves: Seized in America August 1, 2014 With the U.S. INS seizing Canadian trucks and deporting their drivers, the two countries' cabotage policies are still far from harmonious
Transportation For Whom the Border Tolls. August 1, 2014 The face of North American for-hire trucking is being permanently altered, Canadian carriers say as they struggle to comply with a myriad of ever-changing U.S. border-crossing regulations.
Checkmate at the Border August 1, 2014 Plans to add capacity to the Windsor-Detroit border crossing will expand the Matty Moroun empire.