Thirteen Senate Democrats called on their chamber's leaders to prevent a “rollback of safety or consumer protections” included in the highway bill in order to avoid any potential erosion of support for the final bill.
November 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
Freight Firms Cheer Pacific Trade Deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement hammered out by the United States and 11 Pacific Rim nations, is drawing praise from international freight carriers who see it as a powerful stimulus for business.
November 16, 2015GovernmentBusiness
House, Senate Delegates to Finalize Highway Bill
Congressional transportation leaders said they will meet this week to produce a multiyear highway bill that ensures infrastructure projects around the country are funded and reforms the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
November 16, 2015Government
DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 1.5%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 1.5% in September from the same month in 2014, DOT said Nov. 12.
November 13, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
ATA, Transportation Groups Want More Funding in Highway Bill
American Trucking Associations joined 39 transportation groups this week in calling on congressional transportation leaders to boost federal investments for infrastructure projects in a multiyear highway bill.
November 12, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Senate Votes to Kick Off Negotiations with House on Highway Bill
The Senate on Nov. 10 agreed to officially start finalizing a multiyear highway bill with House lawmakers.
November 10, 2015BusinessGovernmentAutonomous
N.Y. Thruway Tolls Won’t Rise in 2016, but Trucking Fears Future Increases
New York drivers won’t pay more to use the state’s Thruway in 2016, the sixth straight year without an increase.
November 10, 2015Government
PHMSA Denies Crude-by-Rail Rule Hazmat Petitions
The nation's hazardous materials transportation regulator denied several administrative petitions from railroads, fuel and chemical manufacturers, tribes and others seeking changes in its crude-by-rail rule.
November 10, 2015Government
CP Railway’s Merger Track Runs Through US Agency That Scorns Big Deals
Canadian Pacific Railway’s quest for a record merger depends on a blessing from the same U.S. agency that thwarted the last effort to build a transcontinental railroad.
November 10, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernment
Carriers' Safety Ratings Improve if Nonpreventable Crashes Are Removed, ATRI Study Shows
Eliminating nonpreventable accidents from a sample of 15 motor carriers' Compliance, Safety, Accountability safety measurement scores caused significant positive changes in majority of the carriers’ Crash BASIC percentile scores, according to a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute.
November 10, 2015