Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue
On Thursday, February 17 MAFC Facilitator Ernie Wittwer conducted an informational conference call to discuss and elucidate the process for the MAFC Regional Freight Plan that’s currently underway. Members of the MAFC technical committee and senior policy staff from the ten MAFC departments of transportation attended the call.
Here’s the presentation that Wittwer used as the basis for this discussion.
With the transition to electric passenger vehicles underway, there are still many unanswered questions regarding the environmental benefits and costs associated with the change. Adding class 8 trucks to the transition amplifies many of the concerns. Read about the estimated cost of creating the charging infrastructure for freight movement across U.S. freight corridors in this […]
A recent article in Transport Topics announces an FMCSA study of detention delays for truck operators. The time spent by truck operators spend in detention is defined as.“ the extra time truck drivers wait at shipping and receiving facilities due to delays not associated with the loading and unloading of cargo,” said a Feb. 16 FMCSA […]
Hydrogen fueled vehicles have great potential in decreasing carbon emissions and fuel related environmental degradation. In terms of truck electrification, many sources suggest that hydrogen electric is the future, yet based on the passenger vehicle market the infrastructure and fuel of the future seems to be all-electric. While there is no causal link between fuel […]
