Reading-based Penske Logistics said it is acquiring trucking company, Black Horse Carriers Inc. of Chicago.

With COVID-19 infections at a record high in the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has again extended the expiration dates for commercial driver’s licenses and commercial learner’s permits.

Forward Air Corp. said its expansion into the Lehigh Valley is part of an overall growth strategy that involves infrastructure investments in its less-than-truckload service, including acquisitions of similar businesses.

Passenger traffic at Lehigh Valley International Airport is still down because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But it in October it did see another over month increase.

Gail Faulkner, the recently retired CEO of the Faulkner Auto Group, which runs Faulkner Chevrolet Cadillac and Faulkner Subaru in Bethlehem, has been honored as one of the 100 most influential women in the North American Auto Industry.

TSW Alloy Wheels is moving into a 105,840-square-foot warehouse built by J.G. Petrrucci Co. Inc. at 4650 Braden Boulevard East in Easton. TSW will occupy approximately 60,000 square feet of the building.  

Lehigh Valley International Airport is getting a new destination, and it’s one officials at the Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority are excited about. Starting Dec. 17, United Airlines will have two flights daily from ABE to Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport.

Mack Trucks said it has been awarded a contract with a cooperative purchasing agency for public and government agencies.

The PUC recently reviewed the ride-share company’s background check process and raised concerns about its failure to provide data and document policies. The PUC audit was assessing the effectiveness of Lyft’s hiring, background checks and quality assurance programs.

It’s not 5G connections or lightning-quick internet service that makes a smart city. Beyond data and digital access, smart cities take the real needs of their citizens into account when reinventing processes and services to build better places in which to live.