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, 2015Government
DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan
The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.
October 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentEquipmentAutonomous
Mack Inaugurates Drive-Axle Line After $30 Million Plant Investment
HAGERSTOWN, Md. Mack Trucks inaugurated its new drive-axle line here, the result of a two-year, $30 million investment that is part of the companys strategy of vertical integration of powertrain components engines, transmissions and axles.
October 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Industry Rejects CSA Study Defending Crash-Risk Data
Despite ongoing trucking industry concerns over the crash predictability of the federal governments Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, regulators have released a new report they say confirms CSA is doing a good job of identifying unsafe motor carriers.
October 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
FMCSA Reform, Freight In Road Bill, Shuster Says
The highway bill a House panel is scheduled to consider Oct. 22 will include provisions intended to boost freight connectivity and enhance accountability at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Rep. Bill Shuster said in an exclusive interview with Transport Topics.
October 19, 2015