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.
Owings to Lead FMCSA Advisory Panel
Steve Owings, president of Road Safe America, has been named chairman of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee, which advises federal officials on truck and bus safety issues.
FMCSA Issues Out-of-Service Order to N.C. Carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered an alleged reincarnated Murfreesboro, N.C., recycled steel and roofing shingles motor carrier to immediately cease all operations due to a pattern of serious safety violations that pose an “imminent hazard to public safety.”
Hawaii’s Sen. Daniel Inouye Dead at 88
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and the second-longest serving senator in U.S. history, died Monday at the age of 88.
December 18, 2012Former FMCSA Chief John Hill to Lead Indiana Homeland Security Agency
John Hill, the former administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will lead Indiana’s Department of Homeland Security in January, Gov.-elect Mike Pence (R) announced.
Despite Recent Changes to CSA Program, Wide Range of Industry Concerns Remain
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — If there was ever any doubt that the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is rattling the freight industry, a recent all-day meeting of industry stakeholders here made it crystal clear that truckers, shippers, brokers and nonprofit groups alike still have concerns with the program.
December 17, 2012FMCSA Plans Survey on EOBR Harassment Issue
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to survey trucking to determine how it could prevent driver harassment when it issues a rule mandating electronic onboard recorders.
December 14, 2012Consumer Price Index Falls 0.3% in First Drop Since May
The consumer price index fell 0.3% in November, the first drop since May, the Labor Department said Friday.
December 14, 2012Groups Urge Obama Administration to Approve Detroit-Windsor Bridge Permits
A group of 16 construction and transportation organizations Thursday urged the Obama administration to swiftly approve construction of a new bridge crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
December 13, 2012ATA Brief Rebuffs Solicitor General on L.A. Port Case
The legal argument cited by the U.S. Solicitor General opposing a U.S. Supreme Court review of the Port of Los Angeles clean trucks plan is “terribly wrong,” American Trucking Associations said in a response brief filed Monday.
Pilot Program Aims to Expedite Truck Traffic at Canada’s 2nd-Busiest Port of Entry
Canadian officials hope to expedite truck traffic at one of its busiest ports of entry from the United States by removing some credentialing requirements that Canada’s trucking industry said are redundant.
