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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. Symptoms often include cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
Symptoms often include cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.
As America grapples with the coronavirus and daily life is altered, the nation's truck drivers are among those who are risking their personal health and doing the hard work to keep products moving to stores, hospitals and elsewhere.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 18 issued an expanded national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, including adding fuel and raw materials needed to manufacture essential supplies to the list of freight covered under the order.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Truck drivers are among those on the front lines as the U.S. fights through the COVID-19 outbreak. As demand for driver services skyrocketed, getting the job done became more complicated for some.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The trucking industry is in high demand amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Following President Donald Trump’s announcement of issuing a national emergency declaration, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also issued a national emergency declaration.
AS CITIES AND states have raced to shut down businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the roads have gone quieter. Normally gridlocked cities like Los Angeles and Chicago have seen much faster traffic speeds during so-called rush hour—53 percent and 70 percent, respectively—as residents hunker down and hope social distancing does its work.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Recent research from Brandon Hall Group shows that the use of virtual reality (VR) as a training modality is growing rapidly in “high-consequence” industries —those in which operator mistakes can cause significant property damage or fatalities or both. According to the study, nearly one third of surveyed companies in such industries identified VR tools as a top learning priority over the next 24 months — a 60% increase over two years.
Ryder rang in the new year by unfurling its plans to develop an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to service its customers who deploy battery-electric trucks.
