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December 16, 2016
Bay Area Auto Shipping May See Price Hikes
San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials are keeping their eyes on a new regional ballot measure designed to increase tolls to pay for infrastructure improvements. The ballot measure could raise tolls on the Bay Bridge and other state-run bridges. It will be put to the voters in 2018. As it s...
December 15, 2016
Kansas Car Shipping May Get Harder Thanks to Funding Gap
The State of Kansas is going to have to halt another ten infrastructure projects indefinitely, it seems . Kansas has been struggling through financial hardships over the past few years, and it's taken its toll on the state. Now, the Department of Transportation has to slash ten projects. The total s...
December 9, 2016
Daimer Trucks Recalls New Freightliner, Highlights Dangers of Car Shipping Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling 863 Freightliner trucks that use certain types of Goodyear Tires. The affected trucks include model year 2017 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, and 122SD trucks manufactured in 2016 from Jan. 24 to Oct. 10, and equipped with Goodyear G399A LHS...
December 8, 2016
Transportation Funding Halt Could Mean Auto Shipping Delays
Last December, Congress approved an infrastructure spending bill designed to kick in spring 2017. However, that spending has been put on hold thanks to a short-term spending bill. The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) bill was supposed to give the Highway Trust Fund $2.4 billion startin...
December 7, 2016
Expect Delays in Auto Shipping in the Portland Metro Area This Week
Auto shipping in the Portland metro area this week may be harder to find thanks to a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS is expecting 2-4 inches of snow to come Thursday . In addition, ice - up to a quarter of an inch - is expected Thursday night. This weath...
December 5, 2016
Cold Front Makes for Slow Auto Transport Services in the North
Right now a cold front is making its way across much of the northern U.S. , making auto transport services in the north much more treacherous. Snow is expected in many regions in the north, including the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes. In fact, snow was seen yesterday during several NFL games...
December 1, 2016
OPEC and Auto Transport - How Rising Oil Prices May Affect Your Shipment
OPEC and Auto Transport - How Rising Oil Prices May Affect Your Shipment OPEC (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has reached a deal to limit crude oil production yesterday, and gas prices in some areas are already rising. Now, people are wondering how OPEC and auto transport pri...
November 22, 2016
Toll Roads and Auto Transport Services
You probably don't think much of toll roads and auto transport services or how tolls can affect those prices. And that's okay - that's not your job. But toll roads are a vital part of the infrastructure in some areas, and possibly even yours. Areas around Long Island, New Jersey, San Francisco, Miam...
November 18, 2016
Uber's Flying Car Transport Service and What it Means for Car Shippers
If you follow the news at all you may have seen this article about Uber's proposed flying car transport service. It's an interesting concept, really, but is it feasible? Uber seems to think so - they're planning on rolling out this technology within the next five years. Of course, there are some iss...
November 13, 2016
Household Moving to Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is a city in and also the county seat of Hudson County, New Jersey. The city is home to over 264,200, and is the fastest-growing municipality in the entire state. People are flocking to Jersey City, which should make it easier - and cheaper - to find and execute household moving to Jerse...
November 8, 2016
Car Transport from Charlotte to Las Vegas
Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina. Las Vegas, you may know, is the largest city in Nevada. Both of them are major auto shipping locations and car transport from Charlotte to Las Vegas shouldn't be hard to find. However, there are a few different things about the route you need to know ...
November 7, 2016
Tips for Conversion Van Auto Transport Services
When you ship a car, emphasis is placed on what exactly it is you're shipping. A Toyota Prius is shipped much differently than a Dodge Sprinter, for instance. Where you're going is important, too, but what you're looking to ship has a major impact on your auto transport prices. So when you're search...