August 6, 2021

“Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.”

— Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

The Real Fuel of the Future: Natural Gas | RealClearPublicAffairs

Study uses artificial intelligence to study road conditions - Transportation Today (transportationtodaynews.com)

Still waiting at an intersection? Banning certain left turns helps traffic flow, research shows -- ScienceDaily

Most trucking fleets say working remotely is temporary | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)

10 things to know about the infrastructure bill - Roll Call

How Entrepreneur Mark Cuban Rebounds From Career Setbacks | Duke's Fuqua School of Business

ATRI Assessment Tool Shows Promise for Identifying Safe, Younger Drivers - Drivers - Trucking Info

Amazon’s Covid Dilemma: Mandate Vaccinations and Risk Losing Workers | 2021-08-05 | SupplyChainBrain

California slaps trucking company with $2.38 million settlement after accusations of faking emissions compliance (cdllife.com)

The specific yes and the meandering no | Seth's Blog (seths.blog)

Warehouses are Luring Workers from Other Industries | Material Handling and Logistics (mhlnews.com)

More small businesses weighing vaccine mandates for employees as delta variant spreads | Fox Business

EXPLAINER: Are Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates for Employees Legal? | Health News | US News

3 big truck shows remaining in 2021 | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Aug. 5, 2021 | SCDigest

NXP Semiconductors expects auto companies to pump the brakes on just-in-time | Supply Chain Dive

When the chips are down: global shortage to keep crimping carmakers | Reuters

Air travel hits another pandemic high, flight delays grow (apnews.com)

Biden’s infrastructure bill sets up states for road windfalls | AJOT.COM

Biden seeks to boost fuel economy to thwart Trump rollback (apnews.com)

China Typhoons Pose Latest Supply Chain Threat as Ports Shut | 2021-08-05 | SupplyChainBrain

U.S. manufacturing sector struggles to meet booming demand - DAT

What the 2,700-page infrastructure bill does for trucking | FleetOwner

Fleets reaping rewards of self-dispatching drivers | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)

Modernized Trucks Aid in Driver Retention (ismworld.org)

SpaceX: Starlink satellite internet has about 90,000 users (cnbc.com)

What electric vehicle manufacturers can learn from China – their biggest market (theconversation.com)

ARTBA report: Nearly half of federal infrastructure bill to be allocated for highways, bridges, public transportation - Transportation Today (transportationtodaynews.com)

Truckers warned to stay off Independence Pass during I-70 closure (cdllife.com)

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Supply Chain Sustainability Focus Areas | SCDigest

TravelCenters of America Lifts Results With Operating Improvements | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)

Women In Trucking Launches Women Driver Mentoring Program - Drivers - Trucking Info

July ISM Services PMI reading sets a new record - Logistics Management (logisticsmgmt.com)

The importance of truck drivers | FleetOwner

Delta Variant Accounts for Nearly All of Coronavirus Cases in U.S. | Health News | US News

How lawmakers could save the Highway Trust Fund from insolvency | Transport Dive

The infrastructure bill creates more need for workforce training | TheHill

Ocean Giant ONE Breaks Profit Growth Record As Demand Soars (morethanshipping.com)

Conservatives take aim at infrastructure bill in Senate - Roll Call

Worst-Case Scenario: Firms wrestle with supply bottlenecks (apnews.com)

Q2 industrial real estate activity points to tight market conditions, reports JLL - Logistics Management (logisticsmgmt.com)

I-45 most dangerous road; Philly has best road infrastructure | Land Line

Report: E-mail vulnerabilities threaten supply chains | DC Velocity

The State of Truck Manufacturing and How it Will Affect Freight Capacity and Rates | C.H. Robinson Blog (chrobinson.com)

Lithia Motors is taking on AutoNation to become top dealer in U.S. (cnbc.com)

PS Logistics acquires Patriot Transit | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)