Commercial Vehicles

CALAIS, Maine - The new border crossing complex between Maine and New Brunswick is now officially open. Top federal and state officials attended the dedication of the 54-acre, $125 million Calais-St. Stephen border crossing yesterday morning. The facility opened to traffic last week. The project was paid for by the two national governments and the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick. Officials said about 74,000 commercial vehicles and 879,000 passenger vehicles passed theold Calais border crossing in2008.

The 21-year-old driver of a U-Haul truck that struck and killed a woman in a tailgating area at the Yale-Harvard football game in 2011 was arrested Friday, charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and reckless driving. Brendan D. Ross of O'Fallon, Mo., turned himself in at the New Haven Police Department. The Yale student was accompanied by his father and attorney. Police have said Ross was driving the rented truck carrying beer kegs through the popular tailgating area before the football game when witnesses saw the vehicle turn a corner and speed up, striking three...

The City Council will hold a hearing Tuesday on an application by McDonald's to modify the special permit for its site at 333 Montvale Ave. The change would allow the addition of a door and sidewalk on the south side, widening of the Hill Street driveway, and replacement of the concrete pad in front with a parking space and lawn area. In other business, the council will hold a hearing on an application by Northeast Tree for a special permit to store equipment indoors and building materials and equipment outdoors at 62 Holton St. The permit also would allow it to sell wood chippers and provide accessory parking...

NEW HAVEN - Yale has tightened its policy on tailgating after a Salem woman was killed and two others injured when a U-Haul truck drove through a tailgating area at the Harvard-Yale football game in November. Yale will no longer permit kegs at athletic events or functions, according to the revised policies released Thursday. The school said the policy is consistent with practices at many other universities, including Princeton and Harvard. Yale also said oversized vehicles, such as box trucks or large commercial vehicles, will not be allowed in university lots at athletic events...

The Massachusetts Port Authority held a ground-breaking Friday on a $25 million bypass road intended to remove airport shuttle buses, commercial vehicles, and other Logan Airport traffic from the neighborhood streets of East Boston. The road, expected to be finished next October, will run from Logan to Chelsea Street, near the Chelsea Street Bridge. It will carry the Massport shuttles that continuously ferry Logan workers to and from the employee parking garage in Chelsea, as well as taxis, trucks, and other buses bound to and from the airport.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Nearly four dozen drivers of tour buses, New York City buses, taxis, and other commercial vehicles are being charged with felonies for holding commercial licenses even though they had other licenses suspended under different names, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The latest and broadest crackdown on commercial drivers comes after a horrific tour bus crash in March that killed 15 people returning to New York City from a Connecticut casino. It makes use of facial recognition technology that matches photos of driver’s licenses issued...

NEW HAVEN - Yale has tightened its policy on tailgating after a Salem woman was killed and two others injured when a U-Haul truck drove through a tailgating area at the Harvard-Yale football game in November. Yale will no longer permit kegs at athletic events or functions, according to the revised policies released Thursday. The school said the policy is consistent with practices at many other universities, including Princeton and Harvard. Yale also said oversized vehicles, such as box trucks or large commercial vehicles, will not be allowed in university lots at...

LAREDO, Texas — Federal authorities yesterday opened seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the United States from Mexico, nearly doubling capacity at the bridge that is the busiest commercial port on America’s southwestern border — and a prime smuggling corridor for drug gangs. US Customs and Border Protection said the new posts will ease wait times on Laredo’s World Trade International Bridge, where more than 4,800 18-wheelers cross into American territory daily.

The 21-year-old driver of a U-Haul truck that struck and killed a woman in a tailgating area at the Yale-Harvard football game in 2011 was arrested Friday, charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and reckless driving. Brendan D. Ross of O'Fallon, Mo., turned himself in at the New Haven Police Department. The Yale student was accompanied by his father and attorney. Police have said Ross was driving the rented truck carrying beer kegs through the popular tailgating area before the football game when witnesses saw the vehicle turn a corner and speed up,...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Investigators picked through scorched tire rims, truck axles, and other wreckage yesterday, hoping to pinpoint what triggered a fiery interstate tunnel pileup that killed three, while police and commuters braced for a traffic nightmare at the start of the work week. With miles of Interstate 5 shut down, traffic was snarled on nearby roads where drivers looked for alternate routes after Friday night's pileup, which engulfed more than two dozen trucks and other vehicles in flames and closed a section of the heavily used freeway north of Los Angeles.

The City Council will hold a hearing Tuesday on an application by McDonald's to modify the special permit for its site at 333 Montvale Ave. The change would allow the addition of a door and sidewalk on the south side, widening of the Hill Street driveway, and replacement of the concrete pad in front with a parking space and lawn area. In other business, the council will hold a hearing on an application by Northeast Tree for a special permit to store equipment indoors and building materials and equipment outdoors at 62 Holton St. The permit also would allow it to sell wood chippers and provide accessory parking...

The Massachusetts Port Authority held a ground-breaking Friday on a $25 million bypass road intended to remove airport shuttle buses, commercial vehicles, and other Logan Airport traffic from the neighborhood streets of East Boston. The road, expected to be finished next October, will run from Logan to Chelsea Street, near the Chelsea Street Bridge. It will carry the Massport shuttles that continuously ferry Logan workers to and from the employee parking garage in Chelsea, as well as taxis, trucks, and other buses bound to and from the airport.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Nearly four dozen drivers of tour buses, New York City buses, taxis, and other commercial vehicles are being charged with felonies for holding commercial licenses even though they had other licenses suspended under different names, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The latest and broadest crackdown on commercial drivers comes after a horrific tour bus crash in March that killed 15 people returning to New York City from a Connecticut casino. It makes use of facial recognition technology that matches photos of driver’s licenses issued...

LAREDO, Texas — Federal authorities yesterday opened seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the United States from Mexico, nearly doubling capacity at the bridge that is the busiest commercial port on America’s southwestern border — and a prime smuggling corridor for drug gangs. US Customs and Border Protection said the new posts will ease wait times on Laredo’s World Trade International Bridge, where more than 4,800 18-wheelers cross into American territory daily.

CALAIS, Maine - The new border crossing complex between Maine and New Brunswick is now officially open. Top federal and state officials attended the dedication of the 54-acre, $125 million Calais-St. Stephen border crossing yesterday morning. The facility opened to traffic last week. The project was paid for by the two national governments and the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick. Officials said about 74,000 commercial vehicles and 879,000 passenger vehicles passed theold Calais border crossing in2008.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Investigators picked through scorched tire rims, truck axles, and other wreckage yesterday, hoping to pinpoint what triggered a fiery interstate tunnel pileup that killed three, while police and commuters braced for a traffic nightmare at the start of the work week. With miles of Interstate 5 shut down, traffic was snarled on nearby roads where drivers looked for alternate routes after Friday night's pileup, which engulfed more than two dozen trucks and other vehicles in flames and closed a section of the heavily used freeway...

FleetMatics, a provider of fleet management solutions for commercial vehicles, today announced the addition of Karen Leavitt as chief marketing officer. Reporting to FleetMatics CEO Jim Travers, Leavitt is responsible for all corporate branding, marketing, and communications activities. Before joining FleetMatics, Leavitt was CMO at Landslide Technologies, a privately-held, customer relationship management software provider. She has also held positions at SaaS call center provider Contactual (now 8x8)