The opening of new offices for American Trucking Associations in Alexandria, Virginia, is recorded in the Jan. 28, 1985 edition of Transport Topics with a ribbon cutting featuring ATA President Thomas J. Donohue, Gov. Charles Robb and DOT Deputy Secretary James Burnley IV.
March 2, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
GAO Says Federal Government Should Study State Permitting Processes to Find Best Practices
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Transportation study states' permitting practices for oversize and overweight truckloads, then pinpoint the best practices and share them.
March 3, 2015BusinessFuelSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
Mileage Tax Could Replace Fuel Taxes in Near Future, Lawmakers, Experts Say
WASHINGTON — It’s only a matter of time before fuel taxes will be replaced or supplemented with mileage taxes to pay for the nation’s roads, lawmakers and transportation policy experts said.
March 2, 2015BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Bendix to Move to New Ohio Headquarters
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said it will build new headquarters in Northeast Ohio, near its current Elyria location.
February 27, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Inhofe: EPW Focused on Highway Bill Reauthorization, Not Extension
WASHINGTON — A Senate transportation panel will unveil a multiyear highway bill before there is a need to approve a short-term extension of funding authority for highway programs, which expires in late spring, the panel’s chairman told Transport Topics on Feb. 25.
February 25, 2015GovernmentBusinessFuelSafety
Mileage Tax Builds Momentum as Alternative to Gas Tax
WASHINGTON — It is only a matter of time before the gas tax will have to be phased out and replaced with a tax on miles traveled to support the nation’s roads, said a room full of transportation policy officials and their congressional allies who met here Feb. 24.
February 24, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyEquipmentLogisticsTechnologyAutonomous
Safety Groups Petition NHTSA for Collision Avoidance Systems
Several nonprofit safety groups have asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to mandate collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems for new heavy trucks and buses.
February 23, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Recruiting, Retention Strategies Must Change to Attract New Drivers, ATRI’s Brewster Says
Trucking must change its recruiting and retention practices to attract women and younger Americans to the industry and keep them employed there, to counter the trend of aging driver demographics, a top industry researcher said.
February 23, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
TT Archives: TMC
Founded in 1956 as the Maintenance Committee of the Regular Common Carrier Conference, this 1979 edition of Transport Topics marked the beginning of full council status within American Trucking Associations for what is now the Technology & Maintenance Council.
February 23, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
Food Industry Confronts Tight Capacity, New Regulations as Global Demand Grows
Food producers and shippers are adjusting to changes in their transportation needs just as increasing demand for products and supplies is running up against forthcoming rules that will regulate the condition of the industry’s goods and shipping equipment.
February 23, 2015