The heads of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency signed final rules Thursday requiring 2016 model-year vehicles to meet fuel efficiency targets of 35.5 miles per gallon combined for cars and light trucks.
April 1, 2010Business, Safety, Autonomous
Opinion: Rethinking ‘Deny, Delay, Defend’
As the ongoing storm hovers over the trucking industry, some carriers are so busy hunkering down that they have forgotten to look for the silver lining in those clouds, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
April 1, 2010Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous
ATA’s Bob Costello Appointed To Transportation Council
Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations’ chief economist, has been appointed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics.
March 31, 2010Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello Appointed to Transportation Council
Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations’ chief economist, has been appointed by Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics, which advises DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
March 31, 2010Business, Fuel
Obama Proposes Expanding Offshore Oil Drilling
President Obama announced plans Wednesday to allow expanded oil and natural-gas drilling off the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
March 31, 2010Business
Factory Orders Rise for 10th Time in 11 Months
U.S. factory orders rose in February for the 10th time in 11 months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
March 31, 2010Business, Safety
DOT Proposes Texting Ban Rule
The Department of Transportation released a proposed rule Wednesday that would ban texting by interstate commercial truck and bus drivers.
March 31, 2010Business, Equipment
Chicago Factory Index Slips, But Continues to Show Expansion
Manufacturing activity levels in the Chicago region declined this month but continued to show expansion this month, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said Wednesday.
March 31, 2010Government, Business
Truckers Say HOS Rule Leaves Little Time for Naps
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trucking industry executives and drivers who testified at an hours-of-service “listening” session held by federal trucking regulators at the Mid-America Trucking Show here said the current rule does not give drivers the flexibility to take a nap when they become fatigued.
March 30, 2010Government, Business, Safety
White House Approves Text-Ban Proposal
The White House Office of Management and Budget approved a proposed ban on texting by commercial drivers Monday, sending the regulation on to be published in the Federal Register.
March 30, 2010