NW Fresh - Episode 43 - Keith Wilson Portland Mayoral Candidate and Titan Freight CEO
by KATU Staff | Sun, April 3rd, 2024
YVYV: Keith Wilson, Portland mayoral candidate & Jim Moore's analysis
by KATU Staff | Sun, March 31st 2024 at 1:03 PM
Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson says he knows how to revitalize a dying Rose City
March 21, 2024
Wilson is the CEO of a trucking business and founder of the nonprofit Shelter Portland. He pledges to end homelessness in his first year as mayor. Watch the interview here: watch now
Unveiling the West Coast’s Electric Big Truck Future
Peter Fairley | March 10th, 2024
Few things get trucking mini-magnate Keith Wilson more excited than a spreadsheet spitting out a smashing business case. The owner of Titan Freight Systems and recent entry in Portland, Oregon’s mayoral race waxes passionate on fighting homelessness, economic stagnation and climate change. But first and foremost, Wilson is a business person. And he beams as he computes the electrification of Titan’s fleet of delivery trucks and freight haulers… read more
Advancing Portland: Meet 43 Game Changers leading the way forward
Portland Business Journal Staff | March 4th, 2024
There are hundreds of Portlanders doing good, unsung work everyday. Who'd be on your list? Let me know, and we'll do our best to highlight their efforts in a future game changers compilation.
For now, read on and take comfort knowing that thanks to the tireless efforts of the following individuals, Portland's future is bright… read more
Get to know Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson
Jonathan Maus | February 15, 2024
As I listened to Keith Wilson give a speech at Bike Happy Hour last night it occurred to me his life has been sort of like Forrest Gump. He’s got an interesting and diverse background and set of life experiences you’d never expect from a trucking company CEO.
If you knew that his company, Titan Freight Systems, runs and all-electric fleet and that just before coming to the event last night he gave invited testimony on decarbonization in the freight industry to the State of Washington Transportation Commission, or that he was once so poor he spent nights in LaGuardia Airport… read more
Oregon shipping company uses new all-electric trucks for deliveries
Chris McGinness | January 3, 2024
PORTLAND, Oregon — Every time you go to a store or a restaurant, what you're buying, eating and using was most likely delivered on a gas-powered vehicle. Those in the trucking industry may say, 'If you bought it, a truck brought it.'
"That's exactly right, 80% of goods are moved by a truck," said Keith Wilson, CEO of Milwaukie-based Titan Freight Systems. "It could be knock down desks, it could be cleaning supplies for our hotels and hospitality, it could be printed paper products." … read more
Electric Evolution: Electric truck evangelists say upfront investments deliver big rig-sized ROIs.
Pete Danko | November 28, 2023
No single sector spews more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in Oregon than transportation — about 35% of the state's total in 2021. And trucks, from cargo vans to big rigs, are responsible for more than 40% of transportation emissions.
They're also a significant source of other pollutants, including particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, that have known adverse health effects, especially in underserved communities… read more
Meet HDT’s 2022 Truck Fleet Innovators
Deborah Lockridge and Vesna Brajkovic | May 18, 2022
Hungry for more, not afraid to fail, and a commitment to advancing the industry. These are all common traits among the most innovative fleet executives we’ve met in the industry.
They’re the people who introduce new technologies or new methods for doing things, and those who are no stranger to changing things up. Whether through groundbreaking and revolutionary breakthroughs, or by simply implementing something in a new way, truck fleet innovators challenge conventional notions of how things have been done before… read more
TITAN Freight Systems Keith Wilson on rethinking strategies to reduce emissions
John Davies | November 18, 2021
John Davies, Senior Vice President and Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Keith Wilson, President and CEO at TITAN Freight Systems, during VERGE 21… read more
Innovators: Titan Freight exec plans to bridge the divide to zero-emissions
Aaron Huff | February 1, 2021
Titan Freight Systems in 2010 set an ambitious goal to reduce fleet emissions by 20% within a decade.
The Portland, Oregon-based company’s Vision 2020 plan had metrics tied to fuel efficiency gains. To execute on those metrics, Titan replaced most of the 2007 EPA Tier 2 and older engine emission trucks in its fleet and invested hundreds of thousands in aftermarket products that included engine idle shut off devices, cab fairings, trailer side skirts, wheel covers and technology for monitoring driver speeds and behaviors… read more
