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Sean Kilcarr

Senior Editor, Penton Media comments on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry -- light and medium duty fleets up through over-the-road truckload, less-than-truckload, and private fleet operations

Posts by Sean Kilcarr

by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 9, 2013

Glum outlook offered by owner-operators

I’m kicking myself this morning because I could dial in and listed to a presentation yesterday by Todd Spencer, executive VP for the Owner-....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 8, 2013

Crashes due to cell-phone use: worse than thought?

A new study released by the National Safety Council (NSC) this week claims that the number of fatal vehicle crashes caused by driver....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 7, 2013

Of ethanol and gasoline

There’s been a lot of debate recently about blending higher levels of ethanol with gasoline, not in the least revolving around how....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 6, 2013

Debating the direction of transportation policy

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by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 3, 2013

Are strong pickup sales a recovery signal?

A post to the “Driver’s Seat” blog on the Wall Street Journal caught my eye the other day, as it postulated that the sustained....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 2, 2013

Job concerns continue to mount

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by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work May. 1, 2013

Uncertainty is the new certainty

One of the increasingly frustrating aspects of trying to get some perspective on the economic portents for trucking is that almost every metric out....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work Apr. 30, 2013

Flywheels for fuel economy?

Here’s a fuel-saving technology for a range of vehicles you probably haven’t heard about in a while: flywheels. Designed to capture....More
by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work Apr. 29, 2013

Opportunity from anxiety?

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by Sean Kilcarr in Trucks at Work Apr. 26, 2013

Trucker of the year ...

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