Category: Fleet Management

If you heard about the collapse last Thursday of a significant overpass section of Atlanta’s Interstate 85 — an intense, long-raging fire beneath caused the damage — you saw a stark example of when commercial routing needs are very different than GPS navigation for the passenger car-driving public.

It’ll come to trucking soon because the system can save money and time, while keeping motor carriers and their drivers out of trouble.

Have you heard about ‘blockchain technology?’ How about ‘Bitcoin?’

“I’ve talked with transportation executives about blockchain and they say, ‘I’ve never heard of that before.’ Then you say, ‘Are you familiar with Bitcoin?’ and they say, ‘Yeah, isn’t that the currency that drug dealers use to do transactions?’ The easy answer is ‘Yes,’ but the more complex answer is that it has applications with far broader impact than just the illicit economy,” says Andy Schmahl, partner with PwC’s Strategy&.

It’ll come to trucking soon because the system can save money and time, while keeping motor carriers and their drivers out of trouble.

Have you heard about ‘blockchain technology?’ How about ‘Bitcoin?’

“I’ve talked with transportation executives about blockchain and they say, ‘I’ve never heard of that before.’ Then you say, ‘Are you familiar with Bitcoin?’ and they say, ‘Yeah, isn’t that the currency that drug dealers use to do transactions?’ The easy answer is ‘Yes,’ but the more complex answer is that it has applications with far broader impact than just the illicit economy,” says Andy Schmahl, partner with PwC’s Strategy&.