Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, growth in the e-commerce, logistics and transportation industries, which were already booming in the Lehigh Valley, has gone full tilt.

Since 2016 Lehigh Valley International Airport has seen a 165% increase in cargo traffic -- going from processing 47 million pounds of cargo to more than 126 pounds in 2019 and 210 million during the COVID-19 bump last year.

The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) is getting a new home for its paratransit operations.

Mack Defense said the U.S. Army has ordered 99 Mack Defense non-armored heavy dump trucks as part of a previously announced contract that has the potential to be worth up to $296 million over seven years.

After canceling last year’s event because of the COVID-19 shutdown, the Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association had hoped to get this year’s annual auto show “back on the road again.”

The Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority is reporting a 61.6 % drop in traffic from Jan. 2020, which was right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

As a severe winter storm continue across Pennsylvania, PennDOT has issued a number of travel restrictions, especially for commercial vehicles.

PennDOT said that it will now waive the requirement of a Commercial Driver’s License Knowledge Test for Pennsylvania residents who are current or former military members who already have at least two years of experience driving such vehicles as part of their military duties.

According to Tom Stoudt, executive director of the Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority, 390,764 passengers traveled through the airport in 2020. That’s a more than 57% decline from 2019.

Foundational to shipping and receiving, trucking and distribution, commerce and trade, the wooden pallet and skid business is brisk and strong demand for these handling workhorses is expected to continue.