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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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Alabama Port Authority Finds Partner for Planned Automobile-Handling Terminal

Last month, the Alabama State Port Authority announced major funding grants for a planned automobile-handling terminal. It now has a deal with a partner that will develop and operate it.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

House Consideration of Meal-and-Rest-Break Provision Possible Week of April 23

Three lawmakers are sponsoring an amendment to an aviation reauthorizing bill aimed at ensuring nationwide uniformity for meal-and-rest break rules for truckers.

April 19, 2018
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TxDOT to Forgive $1.3 Billion in Unpaid Toll Fees, Fines

The Texas Department of Transportation will waive more than $1.3 billion in late fines and fees owed by those who drove on its toll roads since 2007, agency officials say, a response to a cap in such fees imposed last year by the Legislature

April 19, 2018
GovernmentSafety

North Carolina Truckers to See 14.61% Surcharge on Liability Insurance

North Carolina motor carriers are being slapped with a 14.61% surcharge on their liability insurance policies to plug a $96 million shortfall in the state’s insurance risk pool.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

Tennessee Law Prohibits State Funds From Supporting ELD Enforcement of Ag Haulers

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law April 18 that would prohibit state funds from being used to enforce electronic logging device regulations for certain agriculture-related hauls.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

NAFTA Negotiators Wrap Up Telecom Chapter, Sources Say

NAFTA negotiators are said to have wrapped up another chapter of the deal as the three ministers leading talks meet again in Washington amid a push for a deal in principle within weeks.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

Fed Economists Say Tariffs More Likely to Kill Than Create Jobs

U.S. President Donald Trump may hope his tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will create new jobs, or at least protect existing ones. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the opposite outcome was more likely.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

CARB Expected to OK Tougher Smoke Opacity Limits in May

California environmental regulators are scheduled next month to consider changes that would toughen state standards on smoke opacity as well as require motor carriers with two or more trucks to report to the agency the results from an annual smoke self-test.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafetyTCA

Ex-Trooper Sentenced in Dallas Trucking Company Inspection Fraud

A former Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison April 16 for accepting bribes from a Dallas trucking company in exchange for top-level inspection decals.

April 19, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

Experts Recommend Composite Materials to Fulfill Infrastructure Needs

Using composite materials in construction could help offset the country’s multi-trillion dollar infrastructure deficit, according to various engineering experts who testified April 18 before a House subcommittee on research and technology.

April 19, 2018