Your Nov. 28 Pre-Trip: Self-driving truck hits the road in Ohio

Here are five things worth knowing today:

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Manitoulin donates $100K to Nature Conservancy of Canada

TransForce intends to change corporate name

TransForce becomes TFI

Maintenance and repair: Controlling that 10%

Maintenance and repair account for 10% of a fleet's expenses, according to the most recent survey by the American Transportation Research Institute. That equals 15.6 cents per mile and has changed little from the previous year's survey.

And while things like drivers and fuel make up bigger portions of fleets' budgets, 10% is no small amount.

While there is no way to eliminate maintenance and repair expenses, there are things fleets can do to maximize the benefits of those expenditures.

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Total cost of operation: Making it totally transparent

There is a lot of talk these days about transparency. Often times it's applied to data sharing during the maintenance and repair process so that everyone involved in the process knows exactly what is going on.

And while that's a good thing, it's just a start toward total transparency. Total transparency involves sharing more than data. It means sharing the costs associated with the programs and services you offer including the fees you anticipate making on the project.

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Trudeau and fellow politicians must dilute Canada’s energy taxing position or risk Canada’s national economic equilibrium