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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

States to Compete for 10 Biggest Bridge Fixes

The Biden administration plans to have states compete for a slice of the proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure-and-jobs program that’s dedicated to fixing 10 unnamed bridges that are seen as economically important.

April 6, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

US Forecasts Highest Summer Fuel Prices Since 2018

Drivers eager to get back on the road more than a year into the pandemic will face the highest summer gasoline prices since 2018, according to a U.S. government report.

April 6, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Canada May Run Out of Warehouse Space This Year

Canada is in danger of running out of warehouse space by the end of the year, thanks to the boom in e-commerce sparked by the pandemic.

April 6, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Suez Canal Traffic Briefly Stopped as Oil Tanker Loses Power

Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was briefly halted April 6, just two weeks after a giant containership ran aground and blocked the waterway that’s vital for global trade.

April 6, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

ATA, Insurance Groups Vow to Tackle Towing Fraud, Staged Accidents

American Trucking Associations, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud have announced a plan to combine their resources to pursue legislation to tackle two of trucking’s biggest problems — towing fraud and staged accidents.

April 6, 2021
GovernmentFuel

Diesel Slips 1.7¢ to $3.144 in Second Straight Drop

The national average price of diesel dipped 1.7 cents to $3.144 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released April 5.

April 5, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Amazon Violated Law in Firing Employee Activists, NLRB Says

Amazon .com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board’s prosecutors have found.

April 5, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Jon Eisen Becomes Director of ATA-Affiliated IMCC

American Trucking Associations has hired Jon Eisen to serve as director of the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference.

April 5, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Top Democrats Float Alternative to Biden’s Corporate-Tax Plan

Three top Senate Democrats released a proposal to overhaul the U.S. international tax system that could shape the outcome of the global tax revamp that the White House is pursuing to fund infrastructure spending.

April 5, 2021
Government

New to D.C., Buttigieg Looks to Build Bridges With Biden Plan

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will have to navigate the fraught politics of a bitterly divided Washington as he is tasked with selling the Biden administration’s infrastructure and climate plan. He may have found a way by just riding a bike, which has gained fans from even skeptics in Congress.

April 5, 2021