Fleet Management News Digest from GPS Trackit
…Featuring periodic updates on new fleet vehicles, fuels, laws, regulations, technology, PLUS some cool stuff…
Commentary: Driving Into the Future
Advances in communications, connected vehicles, navigation, and automation — coupled with a surge in the use of transportation-related data — are poised to dramatically change how people travel and how we deliver goods and services. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center for Transportation Systems Research has been busy exploring…
Bill Language Could Put 34-Hour Restart at Risk
Legislation that was intended to strengthen the suspension of some controversial provisions related to the 34-hour restart rules regulating driver hours of service could accidentally kill the 34-hour restart altogether. In December, President Obama signed into law a fiscal 2016 omnibus funding bill that requires that a study of the…
At This Garage, People Pay $116,500 for a Parking Spot
Palm Springs real estate is expensive. But if you want to pay top dollar for parking, look to nearby Palm Desert. Members of the Bighorn Golf Club, a private facility inside a golfing community in that desert town, paid an initiation fee of $110,000 and $6,500 in annual dues for the privilege of parking their exotic cars in The Vault, Bighorn’s extra-exclusive private garage….