White House 24/7 Port Plan Not Enough to Alleviate Supply Chain Gridlock: Truckers Friday October 15, 2021 | Business Conditions, COVID-19, Labour/HR/Driver Shortage More gate hours at U.S. ports is only one part of the solution to supply-chain bottlenecks, said trucking groups and industry observers in response to President Biden’s announcement that the Port of Los Angeles is to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Traffic Congestion Costs $166 Billion a Year Wednesday September 04, 2019 | Infrastructure Time is money and when it comes to the amount of time commuters and transporters waste sitting in traffic each year – about $166 billion in the U.S., according to Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s recently published 2019 Urban Mobility report.
CAA: Hwy 401 Near T.O. One of North America’s Worst Bottlenecks Friday January 13, 2017 | Infrastructure Canada’s top 20 most congested traffic bottlenecks cover just 65 km, but they collectively cost drivers over 11.5 million hours and drain an extra 22 million litres of fuel per year,
ATRI: Highway Congestion Costing Trucking $50B a Year Thursday April 21, 2016 | Infrastructure Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System (NHS) added nearly $50 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2014