PHILADELPHIA — Board rooms, assembly lines and deliveries on the roadways can be improved by enhancing the way managers and employees communicate, retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told industry executives here Oct. 19.

The highway bill a House panel is scheduled to consider Oct. 22 will include provisions intended to boost freight connectivity and enhance accountability at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Rep. Bill Shuster said in an exclusive interview with Transport Topics.

PHILADELPHIA — The contributions of longtime executive director of the Oklahoma Trucking Association, Dan Case, who passed away last month, were recognized by senior American Trucking Associations officials.

PHILADELPHIA — Provisions that would reform a federal scoring program for truck companies in a recently unveiled highway bill would address concerns the trucking industry has raised for years, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would need to propose ways to improve its scoring program if a study required under a six-year highway bill unveiled Oct. 16 finds flaws in the program.

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure panel, called on congressional leaders to ensure highway legislation the panel will consider Oct. 22 is funded.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will mark up a highway bill Oct. 22, the panel announced.

WASHINGTON — Investments in freight and infrastructure projects are ideal ways for cities and metropolitan regions nationwide to realize economic growth, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event Oct 8.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House plans to consider a multiyear highway bill soon, a senior committee aide told Transport Topics on Oct. 7.