CSA Enforcement Varies Widely from State to State, Study Says
Carriers’ profile scores in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program can be dramatically affected by varying state enforcement priorities, a new study found.
August 11, 2014Missouri Voters Solidly Reject Amendment to Increase Sales Tax for Highway Projects
Missouri voters last week defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that could have raised as much as $6 billion by increasing the state’s sales tax to pay for infrastructure improvements.
August 11, 2014Insufficient Route Planning, Escort Failure to Blame For Skagit River Bridge Failure, Investigation Finds
Insufficient motor carrier route planning, a failure by a pilot/escort to warn of potential hazards and inadequate evaluation of oversize load permit requests by state officials were the probable causes of an oversize truck strike that brought down the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge in Washington state, according to a final investigation report of the National Transportation Safety Board.
August 8, 2014DOT Announces $333.9 Mln. in Emergency Relief to Fix Roadways
Nearly two dozen states will split $333.9 million to fix roadways damaged by severe storms and other weather-related events, the Department of Transportation announced this week.
August 7, 2014Federal Judge Dismisses ATA Class-Action Toll Revenue Lawsuit
A federal judge in New York on Aug. 6 dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed last year by American Trucking Associations alleging that the New York State Thruway Authority is improperly spending more than a billion dollars in toll revenue on maintenance and improvements on the state’s mostly recreational canal system.
August 7, 2014Foxx: TIGER Grants to Be Announced in September
Winners of the next round of the Department of Transportation’s infrastructure grants will be announced in mid-September, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Aug. 6.
August 6, 2014Missouri Voters Reject Transportation Tax
Missouri voters have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have raised the state’s sales tax from 4.225 cents to 5 cents for 10 years to pay for road improvements.
August 6, 2014Enhanced CSA Website Now Live
Enhancements to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability public Safety Measurement System website have gone live.
August 5, 2014DOT Secretary Foxx To Host ‘Virtual’ Town Hall Aug. 6
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx plans to address questions and concerns from the public during an online Webcast on Aug. 6.
August 5, 2014Deutsche Post Earnings Beat Estimates on Parcel Business
Deutsche Post AG’s second-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates as the German parcel business and international express unit of Europe’s largest postal company expanded.
August 5, 2014