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Trucking, railroad industries wrestle with each other as technology bears down on both

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May 18, 2017 at 11:58 AM CST
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/05/trucking-railroad-industries-wrestle/ Uber service for pallets of lumber, crates of fruit and boxes of bolts? Last week, the company’s embattled CEO Travis Kalanick tweeted an image of an “Uber Freight” truck, a product of the company’s still-gestating foray into the trucking industry. Amazon, reportedly , is also working on an app that will connect truckers and shippers — and other companies are in the on-demand freight fray, too, all wanting a piece of the trucking pie. No wonder: In 2015, the industry amassed a record $726 billion in gross revenues, moving 10.5 billion tons of freight.

May 18, 2017 at 11:58 AM CST