The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 4.9% in November from a year ago, DOT said.
January 11, 2012Business
STB Revises Ruling on Consumer Options When Movers Damage Goods in Transit
The Surface Transportation Board has revised a year-old decision that was meant to enhance consumer awareness of damage-protection options when they use household goods carriers.
January 23, 2012Business
TT Closed Monday for MLK Day Holiday
Transport Topics will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, Jan. 22, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.
January 18, 2012Business
DOT Freight Transport Index Rises 4%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 4% in October from a year ago but took its first month-to-month downturn in five months, DOT said Wednesday.
December 14, 2011Business
DOT Freight Transport Index Rises 4.4%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 4.4% in September from a year ago to its highest level in more than three years, DOT said Wednesday.
November 9, 2011Business
DOT Freight Transport Index Rises 4.6%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 4.6% in August from a year ago as shipments reached their highest level in three years, DOT said Thursday.
October 13, 2011Business
ATRI Report Identifies Worst Congestion Bottlenecks
The American Transportation Research Institute in a new report has identified the worst traffic bottlenecks affecting truckers around the country.
September 22, 2011Business
Obama Signs Transportation Funding Extension
President Obama signed a transportation funding extension into law, restoring money to pay 80,000 aviation and construction workers and ensuring highway and transportation funding through early next year, news reports said.
September 20, 2011Business
DOT Freight Transport Index Rises 3.8% in July
The Department of Transportation’s July freight transportation services index rose 3.8% from a year ago, DOT said Wednesday.
September 14, 2011Business
DOT Freight Transport Index Rises 4.1%
The Department of Transportation said Wednesday its freight transportation services index rose 4.1% in June from a year ago.
August 10, 2011