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News Briefs - July 26
West Coast Port Workers Give Negotiators Strike Authority • Gasoline Price Drops in Calif., Rises in Texas • Bill Would Add More Garbage Truck Inspectors at Border • W.Va. Studies Heavy Trucks on Turnpike Bridges • And more...
July 26, 2002
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Trucking Security Expert Draws Viewers to First TTNews.com Live Chat Session
(Click here for a partial transcript of the chat.)Expanding American Trucking Associations' Highway Watch program to teach truckers and dispatchers how to report potential security breaches is a low-tech way to make a quick difference in the war on terrorism, ATA security adviser Jeffrey Beatty said during an online chat with TTNews.com users.
July 26, 2002Editorial: New Safety Thrust From AAA
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.AAA, formerly the American Automobile Association, has finally accepted what we’ve been reporting for years: In car-truck crashes, it’s more often the automobile driver who’s at fault.
July 26, 2002New ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøs Sold at Record Pace, Commerce Dept. Says
Inexpensive mortgages helped pushed the sales of new homes to a record pace in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, while a national real estate trade association reported sales of existing homes down 11.7%, the biggest drop since April 1995.
July 25, 2002Durable Goods Orders Down 3.8% in June
New orders for durable goods dropped by 3.8% in June to $166.6 billion, marking the largest decline in seven months, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
July 25, 2002News Briefs - July 25
Traders Think OPEC Will Boost Production • Mullen Posts Lower Quarterly Earnings • Wash. Court Rules Teamsters Must Get Extra Breaks • Bandag Earnings Up; Sees Trucking Activity Improving • And more...
July 25, 2002Ethanol Provision to Drain Road Trust Fund, Critics Say
A provision in the pending energy bill requiring production of 5 billion gallons of ethanol in 2012 threatens to drain the Highway Trust Fund, according to highway lobbyists and leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
July 25, 2002Hastert Seen Seeking Engine Rule Delay
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has joined those pressing the Bush administration to postpone the Environmental Protection Agency’s Oct. 1 deadline for heavy-duty diesel engines to meet new emission standards, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
July 24, 2002Security Briefing - July 18 - July 24
House Passes Supplemental Funding Bill • High-Tech Trucks to Detect Dirty Bombs • TSA Funding Cuts Will Cause Delays, Mineta Warns • Postal Service Backs International Mail Search Bill • And more...
July 24, 2002Texans Debate Locations of Border Inspection Stations
As the Texas Department of Transportation begins a series of local hearings on where to locate safety-inspection stations for in-coming Mexican trucks, the mayor of Laredo, Texas, threatened to block plans to place federal and state truck inspection facilities at border-crossing bridges, which she said would worsen traffic backups.
July 24, 2002