Nevada’s Department of Transportation commissioned consulting firm Michael Gallis & Associates to prepare a freight plan that could help the state enlarge and diversify its economy.
January 27, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Sen. Sanders Introduces $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, is proposing legislation that would authorize $1 trillion in spending over the next five years to fund transportation projects around the country.
January 27, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Improvements to Trucking, Freight Corridors a Top Priority This Year, Shuster Says
Rep. Bill Shuster, the top transportation policy writer in the House, said modernizing freight corridors to help trucks and other modes of transportation improve the way they deliver goods will be a main focus of his committee this year.
January 27, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
TSE Changes Name to Redwood Logistics
Transportation Solutions Enterprises, a Chicago-based company that provides a variety of transportation services, has changed its name to Redwood Logistics.
January 27, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Fierce Snowstorm Still Stalling Freight in New England; N.Y., N.J. Open Roads
New York and New Jersey have reopened their roads, but freight traffic was stalled in upper New England as snow continued to fall farther north in Massachusetts and Maine and trucks were forced to layover in states to the south and west.
January 27, 2015Government
Keystone Pipeline Hits Senate Snag over Amendments
Legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline stalled in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 26 as Democrats raised objections about the number of amendments they’ve been allowed to offer.
January 26, 2015GovernmentBusinessFuelSafetyAutonomous
Trucking Industry to Congress: Raise Fuel Taxes
American Trucking Associations is calling on members of the 114th Congress to approve an increase of federal fuel taxes to fund infrastructure programs under a long-term highway bill this year.
January 26, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Key Senate Subcommittee to Examine Transportation Connectivity
An influential Senate panel that oversees truck safety issues is scheduled to meet Jan. 29 to gather input from industry leaders about ways to improve transportation connectivity around the country.
January 26, 2015GovernmentBusinessAutonomous
House Speaker: Fund Highway Bill through Tax Reform
During a Jan. 25 broadcast of CBS’ “60 Minutes,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the GOP-led Congress would be able to work with the Obama White House to advance a multiyear highway bill that modernizes aging infrastructure critical to the trucking sector.
January 26, 2015PerspectiveBusinessGovernment
Opinion: Driver Shortage Can Be History by 2020
Walter O’Brien has the fourth-highest IQ ever recorded, and I recently had the chance to meet him at an entrepreneurial event on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
January 26, 2015