WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department had plenty of information under which to justify opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks despite a report from the Inspector General that said there were too few participants in a pilot program to determine if all Mexican trucks were safe enough to run U.S. roads.
January 12, 2015GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA to Award Contract for HOS Study This Month, Senior Official
WASHINGTON The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to name a research firm later this month that would conduct its yearlong review of a new hours-of-service rule suspended through the end of September, a senior agency official said Jan. 13.
January 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Shuster Names Missouris Graves to Head Highway Subcommittee
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has been selected to head the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
January 13, 2015GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA Announces $30 Million to Help States Collect Safety Data
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 12 announced that $30 million is available to help states modernize their safety data technologies.
January 12, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelAutonomous
Despite Progress, Diesel Emissions Still an Issue for Environmental Regulators
WASHINGTON Environmental officials from California and the East Coast said during a Transportation Research Board panel here that trucks still require special attention because of diesel emissions, even though such output became much cleaner from 1998 to 2010.
January 12, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Government Transport Planners Compare US, European Systems at TRB
WASHINGTON In a Jan. 11 session of the Transportation Research Board, European and American transportation planners admired each others freight systems as part of TRBs 94th annual meeting here.
January 12, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
TT Archives: Nixon Presents Driver of the Year Award
Receiving the Driver of the Year award would be a memorable moment for any truck driver so honored, but it was extra special for Raymond Motor Transportation driver Clarence Hoffman in 1972 when he was presented the trophy by President Nixon.
January 12, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
Feds Keep Drug-Test Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the nations trucking companies must continue random drug testing for at least 50% of drivers and other safety sensitive employees during 2015.
January 12, 2015BusinessGovernment
Package Carriers Improve On-Time Delivery During Critical Holiday Shopping Season
Package carriers dramatically improved their on-time delivery performance at the tail end of the Christmas shopping season, preventing a repeat of the delays that sparked a consumer outcry a year earlier.
January 12, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
Penske Petitions US Supreme Court to Overturn Calif. Meal-Break Law
Penske Logistics last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision upholding Californias meal-break law.
January 12, 2015