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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow whats happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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FedEx, UPS Set New Asian Flights

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. Monday announced new flights connecting Asia with North America and Europe.

March 28, 2011
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ATA Remains Poised to File Lawsuit if HOS Rule Is Unchanged, Windsor Says

American Trucking Associations is poised to file a lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration if the agency adopts a proposed rule that could cut driver time to 10 hours a day, ATA Chairman Barbara Windsor said.

March 28, 2011
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CARB to Consider Additional Changes to Its Transport Refrigeration Unit Rule

The California Air Resources Board is considering amendments to its transport refrigeration unit regulation, including one that would extend the current seven-year in-use compliance period.

March 28, 2011
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Senate Bill Creates Infrastructure Bank to Back Transportation Projects

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced a bill that would create a national infrastructure bank to issue loans and loan guarantees for transportation and other infrastructure projects of regional and national significance.

March 28, 2011
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Volvo, Union Reach Tentative Deal on New Five-Year Labor Contract

Volvo Trucks North America and the United Auto Workers said they reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract for workers at the heavy-duty New River Valley plant near Dublin, Va.

March 28, 2011
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Three Sentenced in Broker Fraud Scheme

Three California men have been sentenced to jail and ordered to pay restitution for a fraud scheme that involved double brokering of trucking loads.

March 25, 2011
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Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 3.1%

The U.S. economys fourth-quarter growth was revised upward to 3.1%, from an earlier estimate of 2.8%, the Commerce Department said Friday.

March 25, 2011
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ATA Mulls Suit Over HOS Rule

American Trucking Associations is poised to file a lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration if the agency adopts a proposed rule that would cut driver time to 10 hours a day, ATA Chairman Barbara Windsor said.

March 22, 2011
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New Senate Bill Would Create Infrastructure Bank

A bipartisan group of Senators has introduced a bill that would create a national infrastructure bank to issue loans and loan guarantees for transportation and other infrastructure projects of regional and national significance.

March 22, 2011
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Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Locks in Lower Tax Rate for OmniTracs

Purchasers of Qualcomm Inc.s OmniTracs system in Washington state dodged a tax hit following a March 10 decision about the legal classification of that system by the Washington Supreme Court.

March 21, 2011