Government
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.
Obama Touts Infrastructure Spending During Visit to Port of Miami
President Obama promoted the benefits of infrastructure spending during a visit to the Port of Miami, pushing for more money in a plan he said would attract private money for roads, bridges and other transportation projects, the Associated Press reported.
April 1, 2013Opinion: Safety, Litigation and CSA Data
Despite what may be a less than favorable public image, virtually every significant truck safety innovation over the past 30 years originated within the trucking industry.
April 1, 2013FMCSA Tries to Ease Industry’s Fears of CSA With Seminar at Mid-America Trucking Show
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An official with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration came to the Mid-America Trucking Show to help disprove what he called common myths about the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
April 1, 2013EPA Proposes New Gasoline Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday unveiled a proposal for a new regulation aimed at reducing the content of sulfur and other smog-forming compounds in gasoline.
March 29, 2013Consumer Confidence Rises to Four-Month High
Consumer confidence increased in March to a four-month high, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 29, 2013ATRI Surveying Truckers on CSA
The American Transportation Research Institute is asking commercial truck drivers for their input on the effects of the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
March 28, 2013Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 0.4%
The U.S. economy grew at a 0.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter, a higher rate than previously estimated, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
March 28, 2013Nafta Surface Trade Rises 2.9% in January
Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 2.9% in January from the same month a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.
March 27, 2013N.C. DOT Supports Eliminating 3 Toll-Road Mandates
The North Carolina Department of Transportation supports a bill removing a mandate to build three toll-road projects, the Associated Press reported.
March 27, 2013Va. Governor Signs Transportation Bill to Alter Fuel Tax, End I-95 Toll Plan
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) has signed a transportation bill that ends the 17.5-cent-per-gallon tax on diesel and gasoline, imposes taxes on wholesale fuel sales and prohibits tolls on Interstate 95 without legislative approval.