Yearly Archives: 2016


Fuel Discount App

We now offer our drivers a fuel discount application that can be used on any smart phone that can connect to the internet. Our fuel discount application can tell a driver the best RTSI fuel discounts closest to them. In order to gain access to this fuel discount application you can apply now and become the newest member of the Reliable Family. Click here to check out our Fuel Discount App and […]

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Pay On-line

Make Payments On-line

Need additional payment options? Customers can now pay freight invoices online right from our site. The “Online Payment” option takes advantage of the convenience and security of PayPal allowing payments from a PayPal account or any major credit card.


RTSI Gear 2

Reliable Transportation now has an online store where you can  deck yourself out in cool RTSI gear. We sell everything from thick winter jackets to keep you warm during those rough winter days, to coffee mugs to keep you going during those rough days. Help support RTSI by clicking here to check out our full list of gear to pick up. 

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Average Diesel Prices Hit $2.43

The average price of both on-highway diesel fuel and regular gasoline continued to rise last week, according to the latest numbers from the Energy Department. The price of a gallon of diesel fuel jumped 2.4 cents last week, hitting a national average of $2.431. Despite the increases, the price is still nearly 44 cents cheaper than it was a year ago. By region, prices were up in all areas, with […]


Advocacy group: Get hours reform out of Senate legislation

An alliance of major trucking companies is asking Congress to skip recently passed changes to hours of service regulations and wait until mandated electronic logging devices are in use before making any changes. The Trucking Alliance (Alliance for Driver Safety & Security) Monday May 2 issued a statement that said federal hours of service rules that govern work hours for truck drivers should rely on sound science and statistical data […]

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Driven to win: Deploying game theory in trucking

On its surface, the theory of “gamification” seems a fairly straightforward one: Using game mechanics and dynamics to drive game-like engagement in a non-game context. In trucking, for example, that can translate into setting up competitions between drivers, to see who can achieve the best fuel economy or record the lowest engine idle time. Yet it’s not quite that easy, Roni Taylor, vice president of industry relations for telematics provider […]


High School Students to Compete Alongside the Best Truck Drivers in Maine

There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years about the need to get people interested in the trucking industry while they’re still young — before they have a chance to get out of high school and embark on a different career. The Maine Professional Drivers Association has been doing exactly that with a student driving competition for some time. The Dick Dolloff Memorial Student Driving Competition is for high […]

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