Transportation & Logistics

Beloit-based building products distributor ABC Supply Co. Inc. has acquired the inventory and select equipment previously owned by JB Supply Company, a distributor of roofing, siding and other exterior building products in Flint, Mich.

The Milwaukee Trolley Loop kicks off its summer “Hop ‘n Shop, Wine ‘n Dine” route today with $1 roundtrip trolley rides throughout downtown.

A recent ruling by federal Judge Lynn Adelman finding that the state Department of Transportation’s Environmental Impact Statement supporting the $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded rebuilding and expansion of the Zoo Interchange is deficient and violates federal law sends a strong message that unrestrained highway building and expansion in southeastern Wisconsin at the expense of public transit and other projects must be stopped, Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman said today.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. announced it has acquired Wando Trucking Charleston, S.C., and Adrian Carriers of Milan, Ill.

Cudahy-based transportation and logistics provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. today reported first quarter net income of $10.58 million, or 29 cents per diluted share, up 33.4 percent from $7.93 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced it has acquired Wando Trucking Charleston, S.C., and Adrian Carriers of Milan, Ill.

Over three dozen mayors across Wisconsin signed a “Statement of Support for Getting Wisconsin's Transportation Priorities Straight.”

Marinette-based Veriha Trucking Inc. has purchased Waupaca Trucking Inc.

U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, criticizing the decision to close 149 air traffic control towers under the Contract Tower Program – including all eight such towers located in Wisconsin – due to cuts under sequestration.http://mbedit.sx.atl.publicus.com/apps/pbcsedit.dll/red#

For most people, the orange barrels along the highways of Wisconsin are annoying impediments to our next destination. To Craig Thompson, they are signs of progress.