DOT Estimates Value of Truck Tonnage to Rise 84% by 2045
According to a Department of Transportation study released March 3, the amount of freight moved by trucks in the United States will increase 44% by 2045 while its value will jump 84%.
March 3, 2016S.C. Senate Finally Begins Debate on Transportation Bill
Eight weeks into the 2016 legislative session, Democrats in South Carolina’s Senate late March 2 agreed to allow debate on the Republicans’ $400 million transportation funding bill, which doesn’t include a gas tax increase.
March 3, 2016Virginia Senate Committee Strips Most Tolling From House-Passed Bill
Virginia’s Senate Transportation Committee debated late into the night March 2 before finally removing the key tolling provisions from legislation that had passed the House.
March 3, 2016Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Says Truck-Only Tolling Worth Considering
As some in the trucking industry feared, Rhode Island’s plan to make only trucks pay tolls within its borders has another state thinking about doing the same.
March 2, 2016S.C. Senate Unable to Act on Transportation Legislation
Some are calling South Carolina dysfunction junction as the state continues to struggle with getting a transportation bill through its legislature.
March 2, 2016Connecticut Gov. Malloy's General Counsel Promises Transportation Lockbox Is Airtight
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s general counsel has told state legislators that the proposed “lockbox” constitutional amendment for transportation funding is airtight.
March 1, 2016Pilot Platooning Programs on Course in Florida, Missouri
Peloton’s plans to run pilot truck platooning programs are moving ahead with the introduction of legislation in Florida and Missouri that would suspend the minimum following distance of 300 feet without substituting a new length.
February 24, 2016Potential Expansion of Tolling Program Concerns Washington Trucking Group
A pilot tolling program in Washington state is working so well, in the view of the state’s Department of Transportation, that it might be expanded, a possibility that concerns Washington Trucking Associations.
February 23, 2016Joyce Named ATA’s New Top Lobbyist
Veteran lobbyist Mike Joyce has joined American Trucking Associations as senior vice president of legislative affairs. He has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs, much of it in trucking.
February 22, 2016More States Consider Tolls to Finance Infrastructure
Rhode Island’s bold move to build the nation’s first truck-only tolls is far from the only action contemplated on the tolling front among the 50 states.
February 22, 2016