Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Oct. 3, 2025:
Roadrunner rolls out new LTL visibility software
Roadrunner (CCJ Top 250, No. 106) on Oct. 2 announced the accelerated rollout of its new enterprise-wide Pick-up & Delivery (P&D) software featuring advanced track-and-trace capabilities.
In the early 2020s, Roadrunner struggled with nearly 30% missed pickups, the company said. Through strategic investments and operational enhancements, the company has reduced this ratio to under 0.5%, with the new software expected to nearly eradicate missed pickups entirely.
"Roadrunner's comeback story proved that bold transformation is possible in LTL. That chapter is behind us now,” said Nathalie de Champlain, Roadrunner's Chief Transformation Officer. “Today, we're building on our leadership in direct metro-to-metro smart long haul and launching a new era where AI-powered technology turns uncertainty into clarity and unpredictability into certainty. Our ambition is not just to lead the category we created, but to become the most tech-forward carrier in the industry. That means more customers, in more markets, can trust Roadrunner as the best national carrier and it means shippers can move more freight, more reliably, with predictable delivery, faster, with real-time visibility and confidence as we revolutionize what long-haul LTL can be.”
Roadrunner’s new P&D software, which has been deployed across all of its brick-and-mortar terminals, features:
- Real-time driver visibility: Customers can see exactly when shipments are picked up and delivered, with pilot markets offering live views of driver location, next stop, and estimated pickup or delivery times.
- Automated notifications: Text and email alerts with account-level subscription options keep shippers informed without manual follow-up.
- Advanced shipment tracking: Roadrunner's website now provides full tracking visibility across the entire delivery cycle.
- Self-service appointment scheduling (pilot): New tools let customers schedule deliveries directly—part of a broader strategy to expand customer-controlled self-service features and functionality.
- Industry-first API leadership: Building on its early adoption of the NMFTA eBOL 2.1 standard, Roadrunner has introduced a new pickup API standard. The company is also piloting freight profile APIs that will provide customers with preliminary visibility into freight charges ahead of similar initiatives currently being designed by NMFTA's LTL digital council framework.
“Our investments and now rolled-out tools enable Roadrunner's owner-operator driver-partners to make more money in less time with lower fuel costs – benefits that directly translate into faster, more reliable, and more cost-efficient service for the shippers," said Tomasz Jamroz, Roadrunner's President and COO. "Our customers should now expect real-time heads-up notifications and precise timing of pending pick-ups – functionality previously only known from rideshare platforms.”
Wyoming, Colorado enforcement operation nets 4 arrests, dozens of OOS orders
A joint operation between the Wyoming Highway Patrol and Colorado State Patrol focusing on commercial carrier operations this week led to multiple arrests and two dozen truck placed out of service, WHP reported.
On Sept. 30, WHP and CSP worked a commercial carrier traffic operation known as a Mobile Enforcement and Education Team (MEET) Detail on US 287 at the Wyoming/Colorado border south of Laramie.
The mobile enforcement teams inspected 82 commercial vehicles, ensuring the trucks were in compliance with federal safety regulations and the drivers were operating legally. These inspections led to a total of 16 drivers and 24 vehicles being put out of service, along with four arrests and one marijuana citation.
WHP troopers arrested three commercial vehicle drivers, all pertaining to repeat offenses. Two arrests were for repeated offenses of driving without a CDL license, and one arrest was for repeated violations of English language proficiency (ELP). Colorado State Patrol had one arrest related to a state-wide warrant.
WHP thanked the many truck drivers who do keep up with regulations “or working so hard to be safe on the road and keep our state and our nation moving.”
