transportation

The White House announced a program Thursday to address ongoing workforce challenges in the trucking industry, that have worsened in the pandemic. The Biden-Harris Administration’s Trucking Action Plan includes four strategies intended to strengthen America’s trucking workforce. The program will…

ArcBest, the supply chain logistics provider based in Fort Smith that operates ABF Freight, will acquire MoLo Solutions of Chicago, the company announced Wednesday. With the acquisition, ArcBest will become a top 15 U.S. truckload broker with access to more…

Supply chain logistic company ArcBest® announced Wednesday that it has won the Quest for Quality Award in three separate categories, as selected by readers of Logistics Management.  These awards have been regarded as the gold standard for customer satisfaction and performance excellence in the transportation and logistics industry.       ArcBest…

Critical Mass Summit has announced the event line-up and ticket sales for their two-day Summit taking place on Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24, 2021. Their all-female speaker schedule is designed to focus on wellness, social change and active…

Arkansans know Garver as the elite engineering firm based just downriver from the base of the Interstate 430 bridge in North Little Rock. But the 100-year-old firm is known far beyond the state’s borders. It employs almost 800 throughout 34…

Because of COVID-19, school will look different this year, and so will transportation. The Arkansas Department of Education’s transportation directors are taking the utmost measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on buses. These measures include regularly disinfecting the buses…

by Jerry Chism “A mile of highway will take you a mile down the road, but a mile of runway will take you anywhere in the world.” –Author unknown On any given day in Arkansas, hundreds of airplanes pass overhead,…

A Little Rock entrepreneur has been named vice president for an international company focused on transporation, logistics and technology solutions. RaftUp founder Corey Boelkens has been tapped to be the vice president of operations for Imaginnovate, which provides strategy and…

Is there public policy to balance our need for speed with our right to safe roads? by Shannon Newton Confession: I like to drive fast. During the first week of the recent 92nd General Assembly, I was pulled over speeding…

 Now that I have signed the last bill of the 92nd General Assembly, the really hard work begins for my administration. Before I talk about the tasks ahead, though, I want to commend the legislators for focusing on the challenges…