U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx to speed up the rulemaking process that will put electronic logging devices on all trucks to help monitor hours of service compliance.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
CVSA Head: Study HOS Impact, But Don't Make Changes Now
Congress should not make changes to the current hours-of-service rule, the executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said June 16.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Schumer Calls for Raising Insurance Requirements for Truck Companies
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on June 16 he would push to raise the minimum insurance liability that truck companies are required to hold when the Senate considers a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill as early as June 17.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
Booker, Menendez Aim to Repeal HOS Suspension
New Jersey’s senators said Monday they will lead a coordinated effort to undo a provision in a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill that calls for the one-year suspension of last year’s changes to the hours-of-service restart rules.
June 16, 2014Government
Feinstein Vows to Keep Fighting Senate’s HOS Restart Measure
With a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill expected on the Senate floor this week, senior Democrats are gearing up to challenge a provision in the bill that would suspend last year’s changes to the hours-of-service restart rules.
June 16, 2014BusinessSafetyGovernment
New Century’s Shutdown Leaves Workers Scrambling
New Century Transportation Inc., which reported $267 million in revenue last year but was plagued by funding problems, abruptly shut down and filed for bankruptcy last week, leaving nearly 1,600 workers scrambling to find new jobs.
June 16, 2014BusinessFuelGovernment
DeFazio Unveils Proposal to Alter Fuel-Tax System
WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced a bill last week to replace the federal gasoline tax with a barrel tax on oil, eliminate the sales tax on truck tires and index the diesel tax to inflation.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
House Approves Fiscal 2015 Spending Bill, Blocks Increasing Minimum Insurance Levels
The GOP-led House last week narrowly passed a fiscal 2015 transportation funding bill, which included a measure to prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from raising minimum liability insurance requirements for trucking and bus companies.
June 16, 2014GovernmentBusiness
D.C. Delegate Introduces Obama’s Transportation Bill
A Republican congressman and the nonvoting Democratic delegate from the District of Columbia have teamed up to introduce a bill in the House that incorporates President Obama’s $302 billion transportation funding plan to be paid for with corporate tax reform.
June 12, 2014GovernmentBusinessSafety
Chicago Planning Agency Proposes Freight Fund for Infrastructure
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning unveiled a report that suggests creating a special metropolitan freight fund to pay for freight-related infrastructure improvements.
June 12, 2014