The Department of Transportation Wednesday announced that 51 projects will receive $1.5 billion in grants under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program.
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Class 8 Sales Gain in January
U.S. Class 8 retail truck sales eked out their first year-over-year gain in 13 months in January, inching up 0.2% compared with January 2009, WardsAuto.com reported.
February 22, 2010DOT Freight Index Falls in December
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index for December fell 4.1% from a year earlier but did not change from November, DOT said Thursday.
February 18, 2010Pacer Posts 4Q Profit
Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said its fourth-quarter profit grew to $10 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with a $64 million loss, or $1.83 cents, a year earlier.
February 17, 2010TMC Announces New Leadership, Winners of Silver Spark Plugs
TAMPA, Fla. — Jerry Thrift of Ryder System, Miami, was installed as chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations during the group’s meeting here Feb. 11.
February 17, 2010Ruan Transportation Founder Dies
John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died Saturday, the company said. He was 96.
February 16, 2010iTECH: Virtual Dispatcher May Be Virtually Ready
In the trucking dispatch room of the future, the only sound is of cooling fans whirring inside computer casings. Gone are the cubicles that once honeycombed the floor, as are the chattering dispatchers who once staffed them.
February 16, 2010Intermodal Traffic Improves for Week
U.S. intermodal rail traffic grew 5.1% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
February 12, 2010DOT Proposes Testing for More Drugs, Lowering Existing Threshold on Others
The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a proposed rule that would toughen its workplace drug-testing program for truck drivers and other transportation workers, including testing for the drugs “ecstasy” and heroin.
February 15, 2010ATA’s Hodges, Navistar’s Hebe Differ on Trucking’s Future
TAMPA, Fla. — A major truck-making executive and the chairman of American Trucking Associations offered differing views on the future of trucking, but both agreed that federal regulation of business is generating unwelcome distortions of how firms can operate.
February 15, 2010