Missouri lawmakers have approved a measure that would let the voters decide whether to raise the state’s sales tax to 5 cents for 10 years to generate funding for transportation.
May 14, 2014BusinessGovernment
FedEx Opens Package Testing Lab
FedEx Corp. said its TechConnect division has opened a 30,000-square-foot package laboratory to provide testing and design services.
May 14, 2014GovernmentBusiness
MHC Kenworth Adds Georgia Dealership
MHC Kenworth said it is opening a new dealership in Conyers, Georgia, so customers have accessible service points throughout the Atlanta region despite the area’s traffic.
May 14, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Senator Urges Fuel-Tax Hike
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said Congress should raise federal fuel taxes in order to restore its purchasing power, and suggested there may be small signs of growing support among colleagues.
May 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Key Republican Senator Urges Action on His Infrastructure Legislative Fix
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) called on congressional colleagues May 13 to support his bill that would establish a $50 billion infrastructure fund financed with multinational companies’ repatriated foreign profits.
May 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Foxx Calls on Congress to Boost Highway Trust Fund
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ramped up his call May 13 for congressional leaders to fund infrastructure projects around the country by shoring up a federal highway account that is expected to be insolvent in August.
May 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
FMCSA Proposes Driver Coercion Rule
Federal regulators issued a proposed rule May 13 that would prohibit motor carriers, shippers, receivers or transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to violate hours-of-service limits, drug and alcohol testing or hazardous materials rules, and other regulations that could jeopardize safety.
May 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Printouts of Onboard Recording Device Records Not Required, FMCSA Says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued regulatory guidance clarifying that commercial motor vehicles equipped with automatic onboard recording devices do not need to supply print outs of their hours records to inspectors.
May 13, 2014GovernmentBusiness
ELDs Significantly Reduce Crashes, FMCSA Study Says
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration study released May 12 concludes that longhaul trucks with electronic logging devices had significantly lower crash rates than those without them.
May 12, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Lawmakers to Unveil $8.2 Billion Bill That Deepens Ports Ahead of Panama Canal Expansion
House and Senate transportation leaders said they would unveil an $8.2 billion water policy bill that would approve the deepening of U.S. ports to accommodate larger ships traveling through an expanded Panama Canal next year.
May 12, 2014