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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Government, Business, Technology

ELD Company Orbcomm Hit With Ransomware Attack

Orbcomm was recently hit with a ransomware attack that has resulted in outages for some customers using its fleet management services, the transportation software company confirmed.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
September 19, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

House Passes Internal Combustion Engines Legislation

Legislation aiming to block efforts designed to prevent the sale of internal combustion engines was recently approved in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 19, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Norfolk Southern Details Plan for East Palestine Residents

Norfolk Southern announced new details about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
September 19, 2023
Government, Business

UAW Threatens Expanded Strikes

The leader of the United Auto Workers said that a limited strike targeting plants in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio may be expanded if “serious progress” toward an new contract agreement isn’t made by Sept. 22 at noon.

David Koenig | Associated Press
September 19, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Price Climbs 9.3¢ to $4.633

The national average diesel price continued its steady ascent, rising 9.3 cents to reach $4.633 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Sept. 18.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Hundreds of Flying Taxis to Be Made in Ohio

The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically.

Julie Carr Smyth | Associated Press
September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Love’s Travel Stops Receives $4.8 Million to Build EV Chargers

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores was awarded $4.8 million in federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations at eight locations, the company announced Sept. 13.

September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

Iowa Issues 30-Day Overweight Permits for Harvest Season

Iowa has issued a proclamation that allows overweight loads for vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, fodder, fertilizer and manure to be overweight for 30 days.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Autonomous, TCA

Driverless Carmakers Are Pivoting to Trucks

The pivot from self-driving cars to self-driving trucks is the latest sign of how difficult it is to fully take our hands off the wheel, industry experts and researchers say.

Evan Robinson-Johnson | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
September 18, 2023
Government

House GOP to Evaluate Buttigieg’s Record Sept. 20

Capitol Agenda: Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure panel on Sept. 20 will question Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on projects related to IIJA funding. 

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 18, 2023