Biden administration Cabinet secretaries Pete Buttigieg and Jennifer Granholm are headlining this year’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
January 4, 2023Transportation Compliance News
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.
Manufacturing Contracts in December for Second Straight Month
U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for a second month in December, capping the steepest annual slide in the key factory gauge since 2008 and helping to further tame price pressures.
January 4, 2023Increase of 4.6¢ Halts Diesel’s Seven-Week Decline Streak
The national average price of diesel increased after seven straight weeks of declines, rising 4.6 cents to $4.583 according to Energy Information Administration data on Jan. 2.
January 3, 2023Congress OKs $350M for Great Lakes Icebreaker
Congress has authorized funding for a new icebreaker for the Great Lakes, a priority that the shipping industry and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) have sought for years to fight ice dams in the lakes and surrounding waterways.
January 3, 2023Connecticut Truckers Grapple With New Highway Tax
With a new highway use tax set to taking effect with the new year, the trucking industry in Connecticut still has many questions about how to comply and who must pay the tax and is also floating the possibility of legal action.
January 3, 2023Fresh Fragility in Global Trade Set to Be Revealed in 2023
Since 2020, a pandemic-fueled supply crunch, Russia’s war with Ukraine, and a deepening rift in the U.S.-China trade relationship have hammered home the idea that the world needs more resilient trade networks.
January 3, 2023Nebraska Opens Lincoln South Beltway
One of Nebraska’s largest transportation projects is completed with the recent opening of the main part of the four-lane, east-west Lincoln South Beltway.
January 3, 2023CARB to Delay Enforcement of Registration Requirements
The California Air Resources Board is allowing fleets flexibility with some reporting requirements mandated under its Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which is set to take effect this year.
January 1, 2023DOE Boosts Hydrogen Efforts With $750 Million in Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it intends to issue $750 million in funds to dramatically lower the cost of hydrogen technologies for heavy-truck fuel cells as well as hydrogen delivery and storage.
December 29, 2022Kansas Section of Keystone Pipeline Restored After Spill
A pipeline operator put a damaged section in Kansas back into service Dec. 29, a little more than three weeks after a spill dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural creek.
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