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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 whats happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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Trade Experts Expect to See a Zombie NAFTA

WASHINGTON The most likely scenario of what will happen if negotiations to reset terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement are successful or not is that President Donald Trump announces, probably via Twitter, a U.S. withdrawal from the deal. This would leave what experts call a zombie NAFTA.

January 11, 2018
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TRB Picks New Leaders, Honors Others for Service, Achievements

WASHINGTON Each year, the annual meeting of Transportation Research Board brings together industry stakeholders from around the world to feast on a sm繹rg疇sbord of facts and figures, ideas, analysis and exhibits that push the frontier of geekiness.

January 11, 2018
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TRB Researchers Look at Safety, Relationship Between Pay and Driver Fatigue

WASHINGTON The wages earned by truck drivers are too low, forcing them to work long hours, according to a report presented to trucking industry researchers at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board here.

January 11, 2018
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TRB Panelists Urge Inclusion of Ports, Rails in Infrastructure Bill

WASHINGTON Port authorities, trucking companies and shippers are hopeful that the infrastructure bill to be debated in Congress will fund solutions to alleviate congestion in the ocean container freight industry, panelists said Jan. 9 at the Transportation Research Boards annual meeting here.

January 11, 2018
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NAFTAs Dead. Long Live NAFTA. A Look at Most Likely Outcomes

Markets shuddered on signs the U.S. may be preparing to withdraw from NAFTA. But even if President Donald Trump serves notice of a pullout, the trade deal could survive.

January 11, 2018
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Trump Signs Anti-Human Trafficking Bills Into Law

Commercial drivers found guilty of human trafficking will be disqualified from the industry under legislation President Donald Trump signed into law this month.

January 10, 2018
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Railroad Stocks Sink After Canada Sees NAFTA Risks Rising

Shares of railroad and auto companies were among the biggest decliners after Canadian government officials said theres an increasing chance that U.S. President Donald Trump will give six months notice to withdraw from the NAFTA trade agreement.

January 10, 2018
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US Regulators Eye Policy for Autonomous Trucks

Federal regulators are taking the first step toward creating a policy to guide the development of autonomous transportation beyond cars to include trucks, buses and other ground-based modes.

January 10, 2018
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Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Limit Regulations, DOT Exec Says

WASHINGTONPresident Donald Trumps infrastructure plan will include a concerted effort to limit the regulatory checkpoints projects must pass through, according to a leading U.S. Department of Transportation official.

January 10, 2018
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Trump's NAFTA Ideas Are a 'Lose-Lose-Lose' for Carmakers, Says Auto Supplier

The chief executive of North Americas biggest auto supplier warned that overly complex NAFTA changes could result in a lose-lose-lose situation that leaves U.S., Mexican and Canadian manufacturers vulnerable.

January 10, 2018