The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for November fell 6.8% from a year ago but showed a slight increase from October.
January 13, 2010Business, Safety, Government
DOT Freight Index Slips in November
Business, Government
Cat Lift Trucks Adds Products For 2010
Cat Lift Trucks said that it has added five new electric counterbalanced and internal combustion pneumatic lift truck families to its current product lineup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
January 13, 2010Business, Government, Safety
LaHood Announces New Group to Fight Distracted Driving
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Tuesday the creation of FocusDriven, an organization dedicated to fighting distracted driving.
January 12, 2010Government, Business, Safety
Ferro Hopes for Variety of Perspectives on HOS Rule
WASHINGTON — Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, told Transport Topics she hoped the agency will get a variety of points of view during its upcoming public hearings on hours-of-service.
January 12, 2010Government, Business
Maine Opens Interstates to Heavy Trucks
A federal pilot project taking heavy trucks off Maine’s local routes is drawing cheers from residents along the roads the trucks used to travel.
January 12, 2010Business, Safety, Government
Calif. Sees No Major Infrastructure Damage from Quake
A powerful earthquake off the shore of Northern California over the weekend caused no significant damage to the state’s transportation infrastructure, the Associated Press reported.
January 12, 2010Government
Trade Gap Widens in November
The U.S. trade deficit widened in November, increasing 9.7% from October, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
January 12, 2010Government
Oil Hits 15-Month High Near $84
Oil prices rose to a 15-month high near $84 a barrel early Monday, boosted by cold weather kicking up demand for heating oil, Bloomberg reported.
January 11, 2010Fuel, Business, Logistics, Government
Gas Gains 14¢ in Three Weeks to $2.74 a Gallon
Gasoline’s national average price jumped 14 cents in the past three weeks to $2.74 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.
January 11, 2010Editorial, Business, Government, Safety
Can You Hear Us?
We all have to hope that officials of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration really have their ears open when they hold their three public “listening sessions” later this month over their embattled hours-of-service rule for the nation’s truck drivers.
January 11, 2010