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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

Busy Schedule Takes Secretary Anthony Foxx to Massachusetts, New York, Virginia

With authorization for the highway trust fund set to expire July 31, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be making speeches in Massachusetts, New York and Virginia.

Josh Janney | Special to Transport Topics
July 20, 2015
Government, Business

Mitch McConnell Says Bipartisan Highway Bill Could Be Announced July 21

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated July 20 he hopes to announce the details of a bipartisan highway funding authority plan July 21.

July 20, 2015
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Stemco Unveils DataLogger to Test Fuel Efficiency

Stemco announced that it has created a test showing fuel-efficiency gains from using its TrailerTail technology.

July 20, 2015
Business, Government

DHL Global Forwarding Starts US-Mexico LTL Service

DHL Global Forwarding has begun a less-than-truckload service between the United States and Mexico.

July 20, 2015
Business, Fuel, Equipment, Safety, Government, Technology

OEMs Expand Air Disc Brake Offerings; Cost, Maintenance Concerns Slow Adoption

After years of accounting for just a single-digit share of the heavy-truck brake market, air disc brakes are enjoying double-digit growth, and suppliers are optimistically predicting the systems will capture a quarter of the foundations brake market within a few years.

Jim Galligan | Special to Transport Topics
July 20, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

Glider Industry May Lose Business Under GHG Plan, EPA, Makers Say

The new federal greenhouse-gas proposal for trucks includes a provision that could reduce the appeal of glider kits if the proposal becomes final.

Jonathan S. Reiskin | Associate News Editor
July 20, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Says Final Rule Protects Privacy of Fleets’ Confidential Business Records

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 20, 2015
Business, Government

TT Archives: Top 100 Rankings

Transport Topics’ annual ranking of the largest for-hire carriers in the United States and Canada, which began as a modest addition to a Special Report on Finance in the Aug. 21, 1989 edition, took on a new look as the Transport Topics 100 in 1999 and became the Top 100 a few years later.

July 20, 2015
Government, Business

June Heavy-Duty Sales Soar

U.S. heavy-duty truck sales soared in June to the third-highest level in history, as manufacturers continued to deliver new vehicles that fleets ordered in huge numbers throughout the fall and winter.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
July 20, 2015
Business, Government, Safety

Panel Votes to Hide Scores During Assessment of CSA

Scores and relevant data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program would not be made public during a review of the program included in a six-year highway bill that a Senate panel approved July 15.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
July 20, 2015