Housing Starts Drop 11% in October
Housing starts fell 11% in October, while building permits also declined, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
November 18, 2009October Consumer Price Index Rises 0.3%
The consumer price index rose 0.3% in October, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
November 18, 2009NTSB’s Hersman Suggests Making EOBRs Mandatory
WASHINGTON — Debbie Hersman, the new chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said that fatigue was an “insidious” factor in all types transportation accidents and recommended that as the Department of Transportation reviews its hours-of-service rule for truckers it mandate the use of electronic onboard recorders and use all available fatigue research to craft a new rule.
November 17, 2009Long Beach Port Approves New Clean Trucks Registration Process
In a first step toward satisfying its obligations detailed in an out-of-court settlement with American Trucking Associations, Port of Long Beach commissioners last week gave preliminary approval to a new drayage truck registration process that will simplify and limit requirements of the port’s clean trucks plan.
November 17, 2009Wetlines Ban Called Unjustified in Light of Hazmat Carriers’ Safety Record
BALTIMORE — A proposed House bill prohibiting the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping on cargo tank trucks would result in an overall increase in welding shop fatalities and cost the industry $200 million to comply, an American Trucking Associations official told a Congressional panel Monday.
November 17, 2009Boston Hazmat Regs Illegal, FMCSA Rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled that Boston’s efforts to stop trucks from carrying hazardous materials through the city during certain hours is illegal, the Associated Press reported.
November 17, 2009Producer Prices Rise 0.3%
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.3% in October, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
November 17, 2009Diesel Drops 1.1¢ to $2.79 in Second Straight Decline
Diesel’s national average price fell for a second straight week, dropping 1.1 cents to $2.79 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
November 17, 2009Wetlines Proposal Unnecessary, Dangerous, ATA’s Windsor Says
A proposal to prohibit the transportation of flammable liquids in unprotected product piping would not improve safety and would be dangerous to technicians an American Trucking Associations official told a House subcommittee Monday.
November 16, 2009U.S., Canada Should Cooperate More, Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO Says
The United States and Canada should work more closely together on policies and regulations to improve competition and economic competitiveness, as well as to make highways safer and trucking’s environmental footprint smaller, said David Bradley, chief executive officer of the Canadian Trucking Alliance.
November 16, 2009