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The Growing Trend of Women in Trucking with John Esparza of the Texas Trucking Association
The number of female truck drivers has increased 68% since 2010. John Esparza, the CEO of the Texas Trucking Association, joined Business Casual with Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern to explain what is making this industry so attractive to women. “Wages have gone up and I think that’s a big piece of it. We’re frankly…
The Technology Guiding Micro-Mobility into the Future with Tony Ho
Whether you live in Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, or San Diego, you have likely seen scooters make their way into the nation’s major urban hubs. These scooters are the latest development in micro-mobility, helping transport people short distances with ease and efficiency. Today we explore the world of micro-mobilty on this episode of The Last…
The Last Mile: The Micro-Mobility Revolution
With transportation one of the largest sources of global warming, humankind must find another way to get from Point A to Point B. Max Rastelli, Owner of HFX e-Scooters joins this episode of Segway’s The Last Mile to discuss the micro-mobility revolution and why this solution to the first mile/last mile problem is here…
McDonald’s Menu Changes, Ford’s Autonomous Tests and FundBox: This Week in B2B
Watch the video above to see Geoffrey Short break down this week in B2B! — McDonald’s Goes Beyond Meat It seems like every week we have news coming out of the alternative meat industry but when one of the biggest companies in the world begins testing the product it is definitely newsworthy. McDonalds announced…
GATS 2019: Is the Uber Model Coming to Trucking?
Digitization may be a buzzword in the trucking industry, but it has become so for a reason. New digital solutions have transformed what trucking and logistics companies are able to do and learn in the process. Uber Freight Director of Carrier Operations, Sagar Shah, admits that the industry is slow to change, but this burgeoning…
GATS 2019: How Digitization Is Putting Trucking in the Fast Lane
While the ways people shop and trade have changed markedly through digitization, the way products move from seller to buyer largely has not. This may be changing soon though, based on the developments of the transportation industry. The Great American Trucking Show concluded in Dallas this week, and the event hosted more than just the…
Great American Trucking Show Rolls Through Dallas
The trucking industry made a pit stop in Dallas, Texas this weekend for the 2019 Great American Trucking Show. The three-day event brought professionals from the field together for a networking and learning opportunity at a time when the industry is in the midst of serious change. The latest in trucking technology was also widely…
UPS is Moving Forward with Autonomous Vehicles and Tesla Relaunches Its Solar Company
This is the B2B Shortlist for Wednesday, August 21st, with Geoffrey Short. UPS confirmed that it has been actively hauling cargo autonomously since May of this year on a 115 mile stretch in Arizona. This news comes as UPS also announced a minority investment in the self-driving truck startup TuSimple. The United States Postal…
Nike Jumps into the Shoe Subscription Service and Hong Kong Protests Shut Down an Airport: The Short List
This week’s edition of The Short List highlights Nike’s latest play into the shoe subscription space and the economic impact of protests and flight cancellations in Hong Kong. 67% of retailers report higher revenue after launching subscription services, and Retail giant Nike looks to follow that trend. Nike announced its first jump into the…
The Amazon and FedEx Breakup: MarketScale Mornings
On the August 8th episode of MarketScale Mornings, Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern discussed the breakup between Amazon and FedEx. The retail giant is ramping up its own shipping operations, minimizing their need for outside assistance. FedEx, meanwhile, downplayed the impact of the split on their overall operations, claiming their dealings with Amazon accounted for…
EAA AirVenture Celebrates the Year of the Fighter
Flight enthusiasts and aviation industry professionals have touched down in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for one of the year’s largest annual events. EAA AirVenture has returned to Oshkosh for the 50th year. This year the conference will highlight military craft among other planes, including the F-15, F-18, F-22 and F-35. Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins…
Will Self-Driving Cars Create Utopian Roadways? Not So Fast
The promise of a future filled with self-driving cars now seems within sight. Technology companies and car manufacturers continue to collaborate and perform successful tests, regularly ginning up excitement from those keeping tabs on the progress. But what does a society filled with autonomous vehicles look like? Will it be the utopian roadways so…
Can Big Tech Cause a Big Change in Public Transportation?
American cities were transformed by the advent of reliable public transportation decades ago. But as those cities have radically evolved, most public transit systems remain largely the same as they did generations ago. Recently, the blend of tech and data has begun to change things though. The adoption of private sector Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) options…
Beijing’s New Airport Is Completed, Opens September
Designed to take the pressure off the overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport, the new site south of the city will be able to handle 72 million passengers a year by 2025, and 100 million by 2040. Read the full article.
One Company is Bringing Shared-Ownership to Dockless Scooters
Scooters are having a moment; more and more dockless scooter companies have become a prominent sight in cities across the U.S., each staking their claim of the market. Offering a new way to see the city or get somewhere fast, dockless scooters are a trend that doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Though each…
How The Netherlands Wants To Make Aviation Sustainable
Earlier this month, aviation executives from all over the world flew to Seoul for the annual meeting of the IATA, the International Air Transport Association. The gathering occurred in a period of turmoil for the civil aviation industry as the “flygskam” (meaning “flight shame” in Swedish) movement is taking off across Europe. Initiated in Sweden…
Alabama Team Uncovers Potential Projects at 2019 Paris Air Show
Over three days in Paris’ Le Bourget airfield, the Alabama aerospace recruitment effort uncovered seven potential projects and advanced the recruitment of five active projects that could be on their way to their state. On Monday, when Governor Kay Ivey and Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield were present, the team engaged in nine scheduled appointments with aerospace…
All-Electric Jet Firm Eviation Announces US Regional Airline as First Customer, Predicts Delivery in 2022
The Israeli start-up Eviation announced at the Paris Air Show that U.S regional airline Cape Air is to buy its electric aircraft. Eviation is developing a nine-passenger aircraft designed to fly up to 650 miles at around 240 knots (276 miles per hour). A commercial jet would cruise around 500 miles per hour. The electric plane —…
Safety and Pollution Top of the Agenda as Paris Air Show Opens
Aviation executives descended on the Paris Air Show on Monday with pledges to improve transparency over plane safety in the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX crisis and to reduce emissions. Few blockbuster products or orders are expected at the world’s biggest aerospace show, which brings together nearly 2,500 firms from 49 countries, and 290…
Trucking Agents Are Easing the Burden Caused by Driver Shortages
“Trucking industry agents are easing the back office demands for smaller carriers and helping them thrive in a challenging transportation climate”, says Alfredo Esparza, Director of Agent Development for MERX Global. He sits down with host Daniel Litwin to discuss this topic on a new episode of the Transportation podcast brought to you by…
What is Water Vapor Transmission Rate?
Water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), or moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR), is the rate at which water molecules permeate through a barrier substance. Many factors determine WVTR, such as; area, time, the temperature and humidity, and the thickness of the material through which the water is permeating. To read more about WVTR check out our…
As Commercial Spaceflight Takes Off, the Aviation Industry Gets Protective of Airspace
For decades, airplanes and rockets have shared the skies in peace — but recently, satellite launches have started to irk the aviation industry. Whenever a rocket soars to space, it must pass through the airspace that thousands of pilots fly through every day, sometimes causing planes to reroute to avoid a spacecraft zooming into the…
A Live Look at the Largest Annual Car Wash Show
The International Car Wash Association’s annual Car Wash Show is in its second day today in Nashville, Tennessee. More than 350 companies are in attendance exhibiting at the three-day event, making it the largest yearly gathering of decision makers in the industry. The organization expects 8,000 total attendees this week. At 8 a.m. CST on…
Highway Ready Part 2: How Commercial Drivers Can Prevent Collisions When a Breakdown Occurs
Numerous diversions can sidetrack a driver’s attention these days—from cell phones to excited children on board to brightly flashing lights that seem to hypnotize rather than warn—and all it takes is one distracted motorist for a tragedy to occur. All motorists should drive with extreme care and caution to avoid injury or crashes. This is…
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