PHILADELPHIA By coming together and more closely aligning their priorities, trucking leaders will do more to persuade federal policymakers to reform regulations, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves told industry executives here at the annual Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 26, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
House Panel OKs 6-Year Road Bill; Funding Sources Still Unidentified
WASHINGTON The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
October 26, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
TT Archives: New ATA President
Bill Graves, who served two terms as Kansas governor and whose family once owned a major truck line headquartered in the state, stepped into his new job as president of American Trucking Associations in January 2003.
October 26, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
ATAs Graves Urges House to Take Up Six-Year Highway Bill
American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves on Oct. 23 urged the House to take up a six-year highway bill reported out of committee this week.
October 23, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
House T&I Panel Approves Six-Year Highway Bill
WASHINGTON The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
October 22, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Nebraska Forms Transportation Task Force
Nebraska has put together a task force to focus on state transportation issues.
October 22, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Michigan House Passes Roads Plan
Michigans House of Representatives wants to fix the state's roads with a combination of higher gas taxes and vehicle registration fees, and $600 million from the states general fund.
October 22, 2015Government
Great Scott! Back to the Future Innovations Are Possible by Passing Highway Bills, DOT Says
The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on flyways, hover-boards and hover-conversion kits innovations featured in Back to the Future II if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.
October 21, 2015Government
Lawmakers in Deal on Extending Rail Safety Deadline
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives and Senate have reached an agreement to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for railroads to implement new safety technology, a leading Republican senator said Oct. 20.
October 21, 2015Government
NHTSA Grants Petition on Collision-Avoidance Systems
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has granted a petition for rulemaking filed by several safety groups that could be the first step toward adoption of a proposed mandate to require automatic forward collision systems on heavy vehicles.
October 19, 2015