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TT RoadSigns Podcast
From the editors of Transport Topics, RoadSigns is a podcast about trucking's future. In each episode, you'll follow one of our expert reporters as they pursue solid answers to critical questions and meet interesting people along the way. Do you have a question for our hosts to answer? Tell us here: https://roadsigns.ttnews.com/roadsigns-contact/. For more information, visit: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/transport-topics-podcasts
Episodes
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS144: Inside the List: Transport Topics' 2024 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
Survival of the fittest in trucking. While enduring a prolonged freight recession, the largest trucking companies in North America have been subject to…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS143: How Will AI Empower Data-Driven Fleet Management?
The buzz around AI is deafening, but amid the hype, practical strategies for deployment are emerging. AI applications are expected to improve business…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS142: How Can Fleet Tire Programs be Both Data-Informed And Cost-Effective?
Think fast! Do you know the proper PSI levels for commercial truck tires? Few people do. And, yet, advanced tire-monitoring skills are some of the more…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS141: How Does Retreading Impact a Fleet Maintenance Operation?
To retread or not to retread, that is the question. For some maintenance managers, the debate between new tires and retreads is constant. Both offer ways to…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS140: Inside the List: Transport Topics' 2024 Top 100 Logistics Companies
In 2023, plummeting transportation rates and an oversupply of freight hauling capacity contributed to a challenging business environment for 3PLs. These…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS139: How are Truck Manufacturers Providing Suitable Safety and Connectivity Options for Commercial Fleets?
Quick! Can you explain how current truck makers are changing freight operations forever? Those who can, know there’s a certain synergy that is built into…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadShow Episode 15: Amanda Shuier and Brian Antonellis
Every year, at ATA's Technology and Maintenance Council meeting, nearly 5,000 fleet technology and maintenance professionals gather to break ground on trucking…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS138: Can Logistics Help Realize Sustainability for the Trucking Industry?
The Environmental Protection Agency's Phase 3 greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles are set to take effect beginning in model year 2027…
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RS137: How Can Trucking Companies Fight Fuel Card Skimming?
Imagine a threat lurking at every fuel stop, one that's draining over a billion dollars annually from unsuspecting fleet drivers. This invisible menace? Fuel…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS136: What Maintenance and Technology Issues Will Top the Agenda at 2024 TMC Annual?
The future of the North American trucking industry depends on continued advancements in safety, maintenance, technology, cost and productivity. In less than a…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS135: How To Be Inclusive In The Trucking Industry
With workforce shortages lingering, trucking companies are working hard to expand their driver recruitment reach by bolstering diversity and inclusion…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS134: Can Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Deliver for Trucking?
The transportation industry is under pressure from government regulators and some shipper customers to reduce carbon emissions. However, factors such as long…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS133: What Are Trucking’s Emerging Cybersecurity Threats?
Cyber Threat Alert: 30% of small businesses view phishing as their biggest digital menace, reports Cybersecurity Magazine. Surprisingly, 83% aren't ready for…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS132: When Will Autonomous Trucks Take Off?
As the trucking industry continues its quest to prevent crashes and streamline the movement of freight, autonomous trucks are entering the spotlight. These…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS131: Roundabout: Year-In-Review
Did you know that despite significant advancements in reducing emissions, our medium and heavy-duty trucks still contribute a substantial 23% to transportation…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS130: How to Be a Sustainable Trucking Business
Did you know? Global greenhouse emissions (GHG) from transportation is close to 25%, and in the U.S. it is 29%. By 2030, current emissions need to be cut by…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS129: How Can Connected Truck Technology Improve Fleet Management?
To run a truck fleet is to know a truck fleet, and when a truck is not operating at peak performance or breaks down on the side of the road, your operations…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS128: How Can Cloud Computing and AI Improve Fleet Management?
As the boundaries between the physical and digital realms continue to blur, transportation software companies are increasingly embracing cloud-based IT systems…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS127: How To Start Your Own Trucking Business
Did you know that a staggering 70% of all freight in the United States is currently transported by the trucking industry? What's more, experts anticipate a…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS126: Inside the List: Transport Topics’ 2023 Top 50 Global Freight Companies
After spending the past few years grappling with severe port congestion and supply chain disruptions, international shippers and their freight transportation…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS125: What Innovations Will Drive the Future of Truck Design?
When the U.S. Department of Energy challenged truck manufactures to create a truck that improves freight efficiency by over 100% — Volvo’s Keith Brandis and…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadShow Episode 14: Tom McLeod
“We know that the future favors the prepared.” But improved management practices, Mcleod Software CEO Tom Mcleod reminds us, are not the bastion of the big and…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS124: How Can Connectivity Create a More Efficient Supply Chain?
Adopt new tech, and you’ll run a more efficient operation... right? But what happens when your trucking tech stack becomes unmanageable...? With copious…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS123: What Does It Take To Become The Best Technician In The Country?
To be a successful fleet technician, you not only need to diagnose and fix various problems with engines, transmissions, brakes, steering, suspension, but also…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS122: What Does it Take to be America's Greatest Truck Driver?
Is UPS' Gragg Wilson America's greatest truck driver? The new National Truck Driving Competition's Grand Champion has managed to survive the grueling, four-day…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS121: Inside the List: Transport Topics’ 2023 Top 100 Private Carriers List
How much should a loaf of bread cost? How about a dress shirt? Or a gallon of gas? The cost of goods are subject to their respective levels of supply and…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS120: What Does the Future of The Internal Combustion Engine Look Like In Commercial Trucking?
According to fleet executives, as well as maintenance managers, the death of the internal combustion engine may have been greatly exaggerated in spite of the…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS119: Roundabout: How Has the Trucking Industry Become So “Preventive” and “Predictive” in 2023?
Quick! Can you explain the differences between predictive maintenance and preventative maintenance? Those who can usually save their heavy-duty truck fleets a…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS118: How Can Third-Party Services Assist Growing Trucking Companies?
Finance is about the money you make, compliance is about the money you keep — if you follow the rules, the money you make will be the money you keep. Whether a…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS117: Inside the List: Transport Topics’ 2023 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
Despite a softer freight market, the largest trucking companies in North America managed to grow their businesses last year even as spot market rates dropped…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS116: How Can In-Cab Technology and Coaching Help Drivers Reach Their Full Potential?
Your trucking business success depends on who you have at the wheel. The right truck driver in the right seat at the right time could mean everything for fuel…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS115: How Can Predictive Analytics Help Fleets Improve Driver Safety?
Driver safety is pivotal for trucking companies, especially in a time where roadway crashes are at an all time high. Determining dangerous driving behavior and…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS114: How Can Trucking Navigate the Road to Net Zero Emissions?
In 2018, Peter Voorhoeve became the president of Volvo Trucks North America. Since then he has overseen the rollout of Volvo's VNR Electric model and…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS113: Can Outsourcing Business Functions Make Fleets More Efficient?
In this post-Covid era, where freight market fluctuations and staffing issues loom, trucking companies must find creative ways to keep up. For many, keeping up…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS112: Inside the List: Transport Topics’ 2023 Top 100 Logistics Companies
Destiny (and orders) fulfilled. Third-party logistics providers expanded their share of the freight market during the supply chain challenges and surging…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS111: Can Connected Truck Data Produce Smarter Maintenance Plans?
Class 8 truck dealers are taking a new approach to customer service — they are implementing an adaptive, dealer-managed service plan that is paired with…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS110: What Is The Proper Approach to EV Truck Repair And Maintenance?
UPS' Anthony Marshall is no stranger to electric and alternative-fuel vehicles. Over the course of Marshall's tenure at UPS, the company has invested more than…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadShow Episode 13: Brian Antonellis
Fleet Advantage’s Brian Antonellis has all the answers; in fact, companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi leaned on him for fleet management solutions — overseeing…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS109: How Is Predictive Analytics Streamlining Truck Maintenance?
Truck maintenance parts and labor costs increased 13% year-over-year in Q4 2022, according to a recent report by ATA TMC and Decisiv. The costly increase left…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadshow Episode 12: Todd Cotier
Since childhood, Todd Cotier has had an eye for detail. He would spend hours after school and on weekends greasing backhoes and checking tires on dump trucks…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS108: How Can Carriers Squeeze More Fuel Efficiency Out of Today’s Trucks?
On the road, he is known as a professional driver with over a million miles. At Volvo, he is the star of the "No Compromise" video series which features him…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS107: What's Under the EV Hood?
Has the trucking industry finally found its very own white knight? And, is it electric trucks? Although electric trucks have a higher price tag than their…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS106: Can Better Visibility Alleviate the Truck Parking Problem?
Our highways allow commercial vehicles to move, but what infrastructure is in place when they need to stop, and their drivers need to safely rest? The need for…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS105: How Can the Trucking Industry Better Utilize Diagnostic Technology?
Your modern trucks are telling you when they are ailing. Your in-house technicians know how to read the symptoms and make the fixes. But you still seem to have…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS104: Where Do Autonomous Trucks Fit Into Trucking’s Future? Part 3
Did you know? With the power of driverless technology, a 50,000 pound semi-truck can stop in less than a tenth of a second. Autonomous technology also halts…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS103: Where Do Autonomous Trucks Fit Into Trucking’s Future? Part 2
Are you asking yourself: Will autonomous truck technology really improve efficiency in the transportation industry? Will self-driving trucks really take over…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS102: Where Do Autonomous Trucks Fit Into Trucking’s Future? Part 1
Autonomous trucks are still in the early days. Tech companies, startups, and companies like Daimler, TuSimple, Paccar, Aurora, Waymo, and Volvo continue to…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS101: 2023 Year-In-Preview
C.H. Robinson CEO steps down, potential recession looms, and House Republicans focus on an in-depth examination of the Biden administration’s infrastructure…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of RoadSigns; Where Is Trucking Headed?
One hundred episodes. Over one hundred guests. And, most importantly, one hundred critical trucking questions... answered. The first episode of RoadSigns…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadShow Episode 11: Rahmel Wattley
"I always tell people, driving a truck is either for you, or it is not for you. You either have it, or you don’t have it.” In 2002, Rahmel Wattley realized…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS99: Why Should the Trucking Industry Care About Cybersecurity?
On February 17, 2020 a privately-owned transportation and supply chain management company was attacked by malware. The company was a notable trucking industry…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS98: What Are Trucking Professionals Most Thankful For?
This Thanksgiving meet the truck-driver-turned-writer whose book, Overcoming Challenge: The Tar Billy Way, is helping thousands of everyday people lead with…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadshow E10: Randy Obermeyer
Randy Obermeyer is flipping the script on finding new diesel technicians. The newest Technology and Maintenance Council chair knows that being a truck mechanic…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS97: Inside the List: How TT’s Top Global Freight Companies Are Preparing for an Uncertain Future
After spending the past two years contending with supply-chain disruptions and severe port congestion, the world’s largest freight transportation providers now…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS96: How Can ADAS Technology Raise the Bar for Safety in Trucking?
The latest generation of advanced driver-assist systems are introducing new features to further enhance safety in the trucking industry. But these safety gains…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS95: What Impact Will the 2022 Midterms Have on the Trucking Industry?
With midterm elections season in full swing, both parties are promoting infrastructure proposals as they each pursue control of Congress. On one side of the…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadshow E9: Cox Automotive Larry Fowler
Meet Larry Fowler – a man whose "focus on the process" makes him one of the nation's top heavy-duty technician trainers and good inspiration for anyone…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS94: How Can Companies Properly Winterize their Fleets?
Winter is coming. Fleet owners know that a little bit of gas tank condensation is no big deal in summer months, but come December – this means breakdowns. This…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRS93: What are Fleets Doing to Overcome Ongoing Challenges in Driver Recruitment and Retention?
80,000 drivers. Trucking companies say that they need that many drivers this year to keep up with demand. But, despite increases in pay and recruitment…
TT RoadSigns PodcastRoadshow E8: Trimble's Dan Popkin, Louis Nastro, and Patricia Boothe
When will supply chain issues end? The sheer number of recent seismic events has put enormous strain on all of us who need things. The global food shortages…