P3 Panel Chairman Encourages Private Assistance for Infrastructure Projects
The head of a special House panel on public-private partnerships indicated earlier this month his intent to push his congressional transportation colleagues to support programs that augment the role of banks and private firms to support certain infrastructure projects.
June 25, 2014Wisconsin Truckers Choose Kedzie to Succeed Howells
Neal Kedzie will become president of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association as of July 1, the trucking organization announced. He will succeed Tom Howells, who is retiring.
June 25, 2014Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years
The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter by the most since the depths of the last recession as consumer spending cooled.
June 25, 2014Washington Opens Additional Lane on Road Destroyed by Mudslide
A second lane has been opened on Washington’s Route 530, the timber highway buried by a mudslide in March that killed 42 people.
June 25, 2014Rep. Delaney to Promote Infrastructure Bill At Press Club June 26
Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) will have a chance to promote his legislation that establishes a $50 billion infrastructure fund to boost highway projects when he appears at the National Press Club June 26.
June 24, 2014FMCSA Takes Minnesota Bus Company Off the Road For Safety Violations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put a Lakeville, Minnesota, bus company out of service for safety violations ranging from equipment deficiencies to hours-of- service compliance and record keeping.
June 24, 2014Sen. Wyden Proposes Increase to Truck Tax for Trust Fund Short-Term Fix
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee offered a draft proposal June 24 that would increase a tax on heavy trucks as a means of keeping the federal highway account solvent through the end of the year.
June 24, 2014Consumer Confidence Index Rises in June
The Conference Board’s index of U.S. consumer confidence increased to 85.2 in June from 82.2 a month earlier, the New York-based private research group said.
June 24, 2014Eaton to Pay Meritor $500 Million to Settle Antitrust Suit
Component makers Meritor Inc. and Eaton Corp. announced June 23 that Eaton will pay $500 million to a Meritor joint-venture unit to resolve a 2006 antitrust lawsuit.
June 23, 2014House GOP Leader McCarthy Opposes Gas Tax Increase
Incoming House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on June 22 he wouldn’t support increasing the federal tax as a legislative solution for shoring up a federal highway account that funds highway programs at the state level.
June 23, 2014