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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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Electric Trucks Will Help Kill Dirty Diesel, California Lawmakers Say

Parked east of the California Capitol steps was a long line of vehicles as clean as they were large, including a yellow school bus, a UPS delivery truck and an AC Transit bus all with electric or hybrid motors.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Scarce Truck Parking Has Atlanta Looking for Solutions

Not nearly enough parking exists in metro Atlanta for truckers who must comply with federal rules that limit how many hours they can drive a shortage thats about to get worse, thanks to new enforcement procedures

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusinessFuel

More Than 145,000 Comments Filed on EPAs Proposed Renewable Fuel Standard

Comments on a plan by the Trump administration to halt the future growth of biomass-based diesel fuel and reduce the short-term requirements for all renewable fuels were largely split down the middle, pro and con.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentAutonomous

Britain to Test Part-Driverless Platoons of Trucks

Britain is set to conduct road trials of self-driving trucks, involving a platoon of vehicles controlled by a driver in the front.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Mississippi Transportation Commission Opposes Longer Combination Trucks

Legislation that would authorize the use of twin 33-foot trailers nationwide would decrease safety and damage freight infrastructure, the Mississippi Transportation Commission recently told a federal policymaker.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

Kansas DOT Grants Help Ease Freight-Route Congestion

Certain cities in Kansas are using state Department of Transportation funding to reshape roads near distribution centers that draw freight congestion.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Trumps Planned Infrastructure Boom Bumps Up Against Worker Shortage

President Donald Trumps plan to boost the economy with millions of jobs rebuilding roads, bridges and ports has a snag, the construction industry says: There arent nearly enough skilled workers to fill them.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentTechnologyEquipment

Effort to Halt ELD Mandate Withdrawn From House Funding Bill

A proposal to deny funding for the enforcement of the December mandate on electronic logging devices was removed from a fiscal 2018 funding bill the House is scheduled to consider next month.

August 30, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

FHWA Gives $25 Million to Texas Relief

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Aug. 29 that the Federal Highway Administration will make $25 million in emergency relief funds available to Texas in order to repair some of the damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey.

August 29, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Impact of 'Phased-In' ELD Mandate

TT's Seth Clevenger and Eric Miller discuss the impact of the Aug. 28 announcement that CVSA will employ a "phased-in" enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate that takes effect Dec. 18, 2017.

August 29, 2017