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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.

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Policymakers Raise Issue of Federal Oversight in Infrastructure Investments

Congressional transportation officials are raising the issue of oversight in how states will spend $1.2 trillion in federal infrastructure funding.

March 4, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Buttigieg Reaffirms Efforts to Increase Truck Parking

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told senators the U.S. Department of Transportation is addressing the need for increasing access to parking for truck drivers.

March 4, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

GAO Denies Protests to $17.9 Billion Military Moving Contract

A Houston-based company will retain a $17.9 billion contract to move military families after the Government Accountability Office rejected protests lodged last year by two companies seeking to block the agreement.

March 4, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Oil Executives Urge Biden to Unleash Shale

The chorus is growing from America’s oil executives for President Joe Biden to throw the federal government’s weight behind an industry he once deliberately shunned: U.S. shale.

March 4, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

US Added Robust 678,000 Jobs in February

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, another gain that underscored the economy’s solid health as the omicron wave fades and more Americans venture out to spend at restaurants, shops and hotels despite surging inflation.

March 4, 2022
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GM Loses Bid to Skip Recall for Lights That Are Too Bright

DETROIT — General Motors has lost a bid to avoid recalling about 727,000 small SUVs in the U.S. with headlight beams that can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers.

March 4, 2022
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California Pump Prices Hit Records

California, already paying record prices for motor fuel, is set to shell out even more with the Golden State more exposed to surging oil prices than the rest of the country in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

March 3, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuelAutonomous

Musk Invites UAW to Hold Organizing Vote at Factory

DETROIT — Elon Musk is inviting the United Auto Workers union to hold an organizing vote at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif.

March 3, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Buttigieg Defends Infrastructure Law’s Implementation Before US Senate Panel

Provisions approved in the country’s premier federal infrastructure law will alleviate supply chain bottlenecks and assist the economy, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation told a Senate panel March 2.

March 3, 2022
GovernmentSafety

Report: Nearly 39,000 Lives Lost in Traffic Crashes in 2020

A new report on 2020 crash data shows that despite fewer miles traveled during the first year of the pandemic, 38,824 lives were lost in overall traffic crashes. That's a 6.8% increase and the highest number since 2007, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

March 3, 2022