The trucking industry’s strenuous objection to Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s trucks-only tolling law has pushed the Trucking Association Executives Council to move its 2018 meeting out of the Ocean State.
March 10, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafety
Indiana Commits More Than $1 Billion for Transportation
Indiana’s Legislature got creative in allocating more than $1 billion for transportation in an election year as its 2016 session ended on March 10.
March 11, 2016GovernmentFuelBusinessSafety
South Carolina Senate OKs Transportation Plan That Conflicts With House Version
After weeks of debate marked by extended filibusters, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a $400 million transportation plan that doesn’t include the fuel-tax increase in the bill passed earlier by the House.
March 10, 2016GovernmentBusiness
House Leaders Introduce FAA Extension Bill, Sans Trucking Provisions
The leaders of the transportation and the tax-writing committees in the House on March 10 introduced legislation that would authorize aviation programs through July 15.
March 10, 2016GovernmentBusiness
Trucking Provision Absent From Senate's FAA Reform Bill
WASHINGTON — A provision related to truck drivers that drew controversy in the House will not be part of an aviation reform bill that a Senate panel will consider March 16.
March 9, 2016GovernmentSafety
FMCSA Seeks Public Input on Sleep Apnea
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration announced on March 8 that they are seeking public input for 90 days on the effects of screening, evaluating and treating commercial motor vehicle drivers and rail workers for obstructive sleep apnea.
March 8, 2016Government
Transportation Funding Hike All But Dead in West Virginia
West Virginia bases its fuel taxes on the wholesale price, a policy that cost the state 2.6 cents per gallon of revenue during the past two years.
March 8, 2016GovernmentBusinessTechnology
Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 8: Trucking in the Aviation Bill
House Republican leaders have yet to provide details of a temporary extension that would authorize federal aviation programs. Current authorization for those programs expires at the end of the month.
March 8, 2016Government
FMCSA Commissions Study on CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 7 announced that it had commissioned a study of its safety performance scoring system.
March 7, 2016Government
FMCSA Returns CSA Raw Data to Public View
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on March 7 that it has returned to public view the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s raw safety data for property motor carriers.
March 7, 2016