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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 what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Government

YRC May Back Pensions with Real-Estate Portfolio

YRC Worldwide is in discussions with the Teamsters union to potentially allow the company to provide some of its real estate as collateral to back its pension obligations, Bloomberg reported Monday.

April 13, 2009
BusinessLogisticsGovernment

Gasoline Gains 9.6¢ to $2.048 a Gallon

Gasoline’s national average price rose nearly a dime in the three weeks ended Friday to $2.048 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

April 13, 2009
BusinessGovernmentSafety

iTECH: Can Technology Lift the LTL Barrier?

Conga lines of idle trucks waiting to clear U.S. customs are daily a fact for trade traffic at America’s major border-crossing points, north and south.

April 13, 2009
BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel

Opinion: With T&L 2.0, David Can Beat Goliath

Most Transport Topics readers have experienced the current downturn firsthand — dwindling freight demand, fluctuating fuel prices, clean-engine mandates and downward-spiraling leading indicators.

April 13, 2009
BusinessGovernment

Baltimore Trucking Co. Folds

Baltimore’s Bond Transfer Co. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and has liquidated, the Maryland Daily Record newspaper reported.

April 13, 2009
Letters to the EditorBusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnology

Letters: All Things Safety, Trailer Tracking, The American Dream

Here we go again — the safety freaks filing yet another challenge to the current hours of service, led unfortunately by my illustrious leader, James Hoffa. I think he needs to pull his head out of the sand on this one.

April 13, 2009
EditorialBusinessGovernment

The Growing Mexican Morass

The fiasco over the Mexican border situation just keeps growing, as interested parties turn to their lawyers for relief and others try to turn up the political heat to get things moving.

April 13, 2009
BusinessSafetyGovernment

Study Urges U.S. to Mandate Testing of All Truck Drivers for Sleep Apnea

A new study linking obesity and obstructive sleep apnea found that truck drivers are so resistant to testing and treatment that the federal government should mandate screening because the disorder plays a larger role in accidents than officially reported.

April 13, 2009
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsFuel

National Diesel Price Increase Moderates

The U.S. diesel average inched up last week 0.7 cent a gallon to $2.228, following two weeks of major increases, while the gasoline price dipped, the Department of Energy reported.

April 13, 2009
BusinessSafetyGovernment

TSA to Retain April 15 TWIC Deadline at Ports

The Transportation Security Administration said it will not delay the April 15 deadline for an estimated 1.2 million workers to obtain their Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, but the U.S. Coast Guard will allow entry at some ports through mid-May to workers who present proof they have passed a security screening but have not yet received their credential cards from TSA.

April 13, 2009