Gasoline fell 3.3 cents over the past two weeks to a national average $2.63 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
February 22, 2010Government, Business, Fuel
Lawsuit Challenges EPA On Greenhouse Finding
A group including motor carriers, businesses, several members of Congress and a conservative public interest legal foundation has filed a lawsuit in federal appeals court challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health.
February 22, 2010Business, Fuel, Government, Autonomous
CARB Starts $20 Mln. Incentive Program for Purchases of Hybrid Trucks, Buses
The California Air Resources Board has launched a $20 million funding assistance program to stimulate the purchase of hybrid trucks and buses.
February 22, 2010Business, Government, Autonomous
Company Offers Smart Phone Aimed at Trucking Industry
The company uDrove LLC has released a software program that it said will handle all of the trucking industry’s compliance management needs with a smart phone.
February 22, 2010Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Gasoline Drops 3.3¢ to $2.63
Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous
Letters: Truck Weight, IdleAire, Truck Driving Schools, CSA 2010, Classifying Drivers
The letter from [an official] of Road Safe America that appeared in the Feb. 1 edition contained a number of misstatements and misunderstandings.
February 22, 2010Business, Safety, Government, Logistics
Transportation Firms Must Improve Recruiting to Satisfy Customers’ Desires, Leaders Say
The transportation and logistics industries must do a better job of recruiting employees and upgrading the skills of current workers to meet the increasing needs of shippers, said several leaders in those industries.
February 22, 2010Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous
New TMC Chairman Thrift Sets His Sights on More Use of Recommended Practices
TAMPA, Fla. — Jerry Thrift, the new chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council, wants trucking companies and truck makers to get their money’s worth and make full use of the council’s more than 3,000 engineering and maintenance recommended practices.
February 22, 2010Government, Business, Safety
DOT to Grant $1.5 Billion for 51 Projects as Part of Stimulus Program, LaHood Says
The Department of Transportation will issue $1.5 billion for 51 projects across the country as the final piece of the Obama administration’s stimulus program, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Feb. 17.
February 22, 2010Government, Business, Safety
DOT to Grant $1.5 Billion for 51 Projects as Part of Stimulus Program, LaHood Says
The Department of Transportation will issue $1.5 billion for 51 projects across the country as the final piece of the Obama administration’s stimulus program, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Feb. 17.
February 22, 2010Business, Government, Autonomous
Producer Groups Push to Open Mexican Border to Trucking
Trade groups representing products ranging from farm to factory are pressuring the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate a Mexican cross-border trucking program to end Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs that cost U.S. businesses millions of dollars in lost revenue.
February 22, 2010