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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledges already fragile global supply chains have been dealt a twin blow from Western sanctions on Russia for its war on Ukraine and fresh lockdowns in China due to renewed COVID-19 outbreaks. “Well, they are major curveballs for the economy and for the supply chain,” Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance. “And this is exactly why we’ve been so focused on making our supply chains more resilient. We don’t know what the next shot is going to be — a… Source link

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg oversees a giant chunk of the new $1 trillion infrastructure bill: Roads, bridges, ports, airports, railways, and more fall under his purview. It’s around half of the $550 billion in new spending, including $110 billion toward surface transportation, another $105 billion for rail, and $42 billion for seaports and airports. During a conversation with Yahoo Finance Live on Monday, Buttigieg laid out next steps once the “ink is dry” on the bill to get… Source link

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance Live supply chain bottlenecks at the country’s major ports will likely persist for the foreseeable future.  “We are definitely seeing some immediate impacts of the immediate steps that we have taken, but the honest answer I can give you, as long as the pandemic continues, there will be disruptions,” Buttigieg explained.  The supply chain bottlenecks triggered by the pandemic continue to have multiple effects on the U.S. economy.  For… Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and LOWELL, Ark., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Google and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, today announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt’s digital transformation and collaborate on next-generation supply chain platform technology. Powered by… Source link

Google Maps is adding a couple of new useful features: the ability to pay for parking or buy a train ticket right from the app. Google Maps is integrating two mobile parking payment services into its app, Passport and ParkMobile. Both offer the ability to find, pay for, and replenish parking meters or parking lot fees through a smartphone app. Now, those features will also be available in Google Maps. According to the company: Simply tap on the “Pay for Parking” button that appears… Source link