FRA Offers Grants for Grade-Crossing Safety Features
The Federal Railroad Administration is soliciting applications for $10 million in competitive grants available to states to improve highway-rail grade crossings and track along routes that transport energy products such as crude oil and ethanol.
September 2, 2015Sen. Barbara Boxer: Congress Will Get Three-Year Highway Bill Done
The top Democrat on the Senate’s transportation panel is predicting that Congress will approve a three-year highway bill, possibly as early as this fall.
September 2, 2015US DOT to Nation: Send Your Pics of Failing Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Transportation is asking people to continue to share photos of poor or aging infrastructure on social media, as part of a campaign aimed at pressuring Congress to advance a long-term highway bill this year.
September 1, 2015Agencies Extend Comment Period on Proposed GHG Phase 2 Rule Through Oct. 1
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have extended through Oct. 1 a comment period for an expansive proposed rule on greenhouse gas for trucks, the agencies announced Aug. 31.
September 1, 2015FTC Approves Sale, ZF-TRW Merger Moves Ahead
The Federal Trade Commission approved an application from ZF Friedrichshafen AG and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. to sell TRW’s North American and European linkage and suspension business for heavy and light vehicles to the Tokyo-based global machine component manufacturer THK Co. Ltd.
September 1, 2015Arkansas Gives $3 Million to University for Trucking Studies
The University of Central Arkansas received a $3 million award to create an endowed faculty position that will focus on the trucking industry, the Associated Press reported.
September 1, 2015Parking Shortage Worsens
WASHINGTON — Concerns over the ongoing plight to park trucks safely is prompting a group of national and regional stakeholders to plan ways to improve parking availability, given a new Department of Transportation survey that found dire shortages in metropolitan areas.
August 31, 2015Fleets Still Rely on Higher Pay to Retain, Attract TL Drivers
The amount of truckload driver pay increases continued to move upward this summer, as fleets seeking to keep or attract operators more than doubled wage increases over the second quarter of last year.
August 31, 2015PeopleNet to Roll Out New Platform, Adding Android Devices, Driver Apps
PHOENIX — PeopleNet will launch the next evolution of its fleet-management platform next month, incorporating its latest mobile technology and adding Android-based devices to its product line, the company said here at its annual user conference.
August 31, 2015TT Archives: Hurricane Katrina
Beyond the human death toll of nearly 2,000 people, high winds and flooding from Hurricane Katrina severely damaged roads and rail lines and would disrupt transportation across a wide swath of the U.S. Gulf Coast, as reflected in this Sept. 5, 2005 edition of Transport Topics.
August 30, 2015