North Carolina Trucker Hopes the Road Leads to Washington in Bid for Congressional Seat
Longhaul truck driver Gerald Wong wants to reroute the nation’s health care policies, accelerate the minimum wage and slam the brakes on abusive police practices.
February 15, 2018House Committee Approves Guiding Principles for Infrastructure Bill
Legislation that would address growing funding demands for infrastructure projects should reduce regulations, and connect agencies with private investors, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee indicated in a pronouncement members easily adopted Feb. 14.
February 15, 2018TxDOT Gathers Public Opinion on I-10 East Improvements
The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a series of public meetings to hear ideas for improving a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 10 East.
February 15, 2018Crowley Sees $2.3 Billion Military Contract as Test of Logistics Capabilities
More than a year after winning a contract to handle freight shipments for the U.S. Transportation Command, Crowley Logistics has executed the first cargo move under a $2.3 billion multiyear Defense Freight Transportation Services contract.
February 15, 2018J.J. Keller Working on ELD Fix; FMCSA Offers Short-Term Waiver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is allowing carriers that have deployed electronic logging devices from J.J. Keller & Associates to temporarily revert to paper driver logs until Feb. 28 as the technology supplier works to resolve technical issues with its ELDs.
February 15, 2018Lawmakers Say Trump Supports 25-Cent Fuel Tax Increase to Fund Infrastructure
President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25-cent-per-gallon increase in federal gasoline and diesel taxes to help pay for upgrading American roads, bridges and other public works, Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware said Feb. 14.
February 14, 2018Philadelphia Airport, in Effort to Bolster Shipping, Buys More Land
A massive, mostly vacant land parcel beside Philadelphia International Airport could become a bustling shipping hub for everything from medicine to car parts under a plan to develop the site into a new air-freight complex serving a swath of the northeastern United States.
February 14, 2018Trucking Market Strongest Since Deregulation, ATA Economist Bob Costello Says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The freight market is as strong as it has been since deregulation in the 1980s, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello.
February 14, 2018Idaho Hack May Have Revealed Truckers’ Personal Data
The personal information of more than 100 truck drivers may have been compromised during a recent hack of two Idaho Transportation Department e-mail accounts.
February 14, 2018Google Lobbying Shifts to Transport
Google’s gravest threat is probably a regulatory crackdown on its lucrative search engine, and there’s a resurgent drumbeat about its size and power in Washington. If the company’s worried, that’s not showing up in its lobbying activity.
February 14, 2018