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

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Senate to Resume Consideration of Transportation Funding Bill

Legislation that would provide funding in fiscal 2020 for federal transportation agencies is among the measures set for consideration in the U.S. Senate on Oct. 28.

October 25, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

GM Strike May Shave Tens of Thousands From October Payrolls

The October jobs report is poised to take a hit from the 46,000 striking General Motors Co. employees.

October 25, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Schumer Proposes $462 Billion Car Swap Gas for Electric

WASHINGTON Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is proposing a $462 billion trade-in program to get millions of Americans out of climate-damaging gas vehicles and into electric or hybrid cars over the next decade.

October 25, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Fireworks Companies Seek HOS Exemption From FMCSA

Two pyrotechnics companies have asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to grant them exemption from certain hours-of-service rules.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Nissan Ex-Chairman Ghosns Lawyers Want Charges Dismissed

TOKYO The lawyers of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, said Oct. 24 they have requested that financial misconduct charges against him be dismissed.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

More Groups Advocating For Highway Bill, Infrastructure Push Congress

A coalition of nearly 40 prominent infrastructure stakeholders has urged the powerful Republican leader of the U.S. Senate to set up consideration for a comprehensive highway bill this year.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Receives More Than 2,600 Comments on HOS Proposal

The variety of the more than 2,600 written public comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations proposed changes to its hours-of-service rules illustrate the challenge of finding solutions that address the concerns of the trucking industrys different segments.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Report Urges Trucking Regulators to Evaluate Fuel-Efficiency, GHG Emissions Standards

A new study by the National Academy of Sciences urges federal regulators to conduct an interim evaluation of the federal medium- and heavy-duty truck Phase 2 greenhouse gas and economy rule with an eye toward more stringent standards.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusinessSafetyTCA

How Indiana Got to the I-69 Finish Line

The Indiana Department of Transportation has dubbed Section 6 of the Interstate 69 project the I-69 Finish Line.

October 24, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Truck Makers Face Nearly $1 Billion in Price-Fixing Claims

Daimler AG, Volvo AB and other truck makers should be ordered to pay 867 million euro ($965 million) over a price-fixing cartel, according to lawyers in Germany for companies that were overcharged.

October 24, 2019