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.
Letters to the Editor: Distracted Driving, Cap & Trade Redux
Cell-phone use, particularly texting while driving any vehicle, is as dangerous an act as is driving while impaired and makes no sense at all — especially while driving a commercial motor vehicle.
October 12, 2009Fleet Execs See Green in Going Green
LAS VEGAS — Fleet executives said that while going green does provide societal and environmental benefits, the biggest benefit to carriers is that is saves money in fuel and other costs.
October 12, 2009Frame’s Motor Freight Shuts After 140 Years in Business
WEST CHESTER, Pa. — When Frame’s Motor Freight needed a driver to take a load in mid-September from suburban Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., President Robert Temple walked downstairs from his office, slid behind the wheel of a 2004 Freightliner and made the delivery.
October 12, 2009Trucking Set for Recovery
LAS VEGAS — After more than a year of political and economic struggles, trucking leaders said they were doubling down in the hope that the industry would enter a period of strong recovery.
October 12, 2009Titan Transfer’s Hodges Takes the Helm at ATA Years After Reconsidering Retirement Plans
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The day in 1998 that Tommy Hodges sold Goggin Truck Line should have been one of the best days of his life.
October 12, 2009Carriers Must Treat Drivers’ Sleep Apnea, Fatigue, Schneider’s Safety Chief Warns
LAS VEGAS — The safety chief of the nation’s largest truckload fleet said trucking can no longer afford to ignore sleep apnea and fatigue, a disorder that is significantly under-diagnosed and “grossly underreported” in accidents.
October 12, 2009Ports’ Clean Trucks Goals Will Be Met by 2010, Los Angeles and Long Beach Officials Say
Officials with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they expect to reach their clean trucks goal of reducing port diesel emissions 80% by the end of 2010 — a year or more ahead of schedule.
October 12, 2009ATA Leaders Set Policies on HOS, Alternative Fuels
LAS VEGAS — The leadership of American Trucking Associations addressed several policy issues here during the group’s annual conference, ranging from the supporting documents fleets need to provide for hours-of-service compliance to what alternative fuels are used in the nation.
October 12, 2009Freightliner Unveils New Coronado Models Aimed at Severe Service, Vocational Markets
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Freightliner Trucks showcased its latest entry in the severe service and vocational truck markets Oct. 6, when it introduced new heavy-duty dump truck and tractor models at the International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition here.
October 12, 2009ATA Endorses Texting Ban for All Vehicle Operators
LAS VEGAS — As the push to outlaw driving distractions grows, American Trucking Associations endorsed a U.S. Senate effort to ban text messaging by motor vehicle operators.
October 12, 2009