Trucking Industry on Board With Michigan’s Diesel Tax Hike
Truckers filling their tanks with diesel in Michigan are paying 11.3 cents more per gallon in tax than they did last month as part of a 2015 law designed to eventually produce $400 million for the state’s roads and bridges.
January 3, 2017Manufacturing in US Expands at Fastest Pace in Two Years
American manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest pace in two years, reflecting firmer output and the biggest pickup in orders growth since August 2009.
January 3, 2017Capitol Agenda for the Week of Jan. 2: Tunneling Out of Infrastructure Mess
If federal lawmakers need a reminder of an infrastructure mission statement for the 115th Congress, they should visit the House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing room at Rayburn. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
January 3, 2017Martin Klepper Named First Chief of Build America Bureau
With less than three weeks left in the Obama administration, Martin Klepper was named the first executive director of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau on Dec. 30.
January 3, 2017Truck Tonnage Jumps 5.7%
Truck tonnage increased 5.7% in November, the first year-over-year increase since August in American Trucking Associations’ monthly index, a sign that the industry could be turning a corner heading into 2017.
January 2, 2017Opinion: A Brief History of Trucking Documents
They say that information is as important as the freight, as if that’s a recent idea. It isn’t.
January 2, 2017Editorial: Curtain Rises on 2017
How could someone not have a lot of questions about the year just starting? We are very happy our job is to report the news and not predict it. Not to wish away a year of life, but we can’t wait to read our “year in review” story in 11½ months.
January 2, 2017Letters: Skepticism Over Hydrogen Claims, Shipper Tactics
The Nikola One isn’t actually a zero-emissions vehicle when you see the entire process.
January 2, 2017November Trailer Orders Down 8%; Still Strongest Month of 2016
U.S. trailer orders in November were more than 36,000 and, while the strongest month of the year, they fell just short of the year-earlier volume, analysts said.
January 2, 2017EPA Plans to Propose Regulation to Tighten NOx Limit in 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is beginning work on a proposed rule that would set new standards to further reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy-duty truck engines beginning in 2024, the same year a provision kicks in for the agency’s heavy-duty Phase 2 greenhouse-gas program.
January 2, 2017