13 Bold Fleets To Participate In NACFE’s Run on Less – Electric March 31, 2021 — Fort Wayne, Indiana This fall, 13 fleets will take part in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) Run on Less – Electric a real-world demonstration of zero-emissions goods movement. “These bold fleets who have committed to Run […]
Suez Canal Blockage Leading to Growing Trade Crises
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world learned some hard lessons about the global supply chain and how incredibly fragile it is. Those painful lessons have reemerged in past week as a single ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down traffic in both directions. The vessel causing the blockage, the Ever […]
Retail Eyes a Big 2021
In their annual forecast, The National Retail Federation (NRF) anticipates that retail sales will grow between 6.5 percent and 8.2 percent to more than $4.33 trillion in 2021 as people get vaccinated and the economy reopens. Early results show that retail sales in 2020 grew 6.7 percent over 2019 to $4.06 trillion, nearly doubling NRF’s […]
The Realities of a National Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report detailing the costs of deploying and operating a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax. The primary source of federal funding used by state governments to maintain and improve US surface transportation infrastructure is the Highway Trust Fund. However, various factors such as the fact that […]
Clean Energy for America
The success of Biden’s plan for a clean energy revolution depends on proactive utilities and industry with long term commitment to change. Biden’s priority of a clean energy economy will be a pipedream and may lead to political backlash without a concrete implementation. Successful implementation will need consideration of technical and business challenges, proactive utilities, […]