Freight trains carrying hazardous chemicals could be required to avoid downtown Washington, D.C., and other urban areas in favor of rural routes, according to provisions in a security bill pending President Bush’s signature, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
July 30, 2007BusinessEquipment
ArvinMeritor Reports $70 Mln. 3Q Loss
Components maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said Monday it took a $70 million loss in its third fiscal quarter, due primarily to weakness in the heavy-duty truck market.
July 30, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafety
NYC Congestion Plan Gets Forward Push
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) late last week signed legislation that could open the door to New York City’s plans for congestion pricing in Manhattan, the New York Times reported.
July 30, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafety
N.J. to Enforce Idling Restrictions
July 30, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafety
Court Rejects Hours-of-Service Rule
A federal appeals court last week struck down key provisions of the government’s latest commercial driver work rules, the second time in three years the court has rejected attempts to rewrite the original, 68-year-old regulations.
July 30, 2007BusinessSafety
NHTSA Revises ’06 Truck Deaths Down
NHTSA last week revised its truck-fatality report for 2006, saying the number of people killed in truck-related crashes fell below 5,000 for the first time in five years.
July 30, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Congress Set to Revive SSRS
The Single State Registration System for trucking, which supposedly was put to rest at the beginning of this year, could make a brief, albeit costly, return because of legislation expected to pass Congress this month.
July 30, 2007GovernmentBusiness
Former Army Arsenal Reborn as BNSF Freight Hub
ELWOOD, Ill. — In an unceasing torrent they come, 20- and 40-foot corrugated steel shipping containers from the Far East, filled with manufactured goods, to this landlocked port on Lincoln’s prairie.
July 30, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
June Truck Tonnage Drops 3.4%
American Trucking Associations’ June for-hire truck tonnage index fell to a seven-month low and was down 3.4% from a year ago, ATA said late Friday.
July 27, 2007