WASHINGTON The disconnect between the government agencies that regulate freight and the companies that move it in ever-increasing volumes throughout the United States was a focus of a Transportation Research Board session on Jan. 9.
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TRB Subcommittee Wants Help From Carriers on FMCSA Alternative Compliance Research
WASHINGTON Members of a Transportation Research Board subcommittee continued exploring potential ideas aimed at assisting federal truck and bus regulators in establishing a congressionally mandated alternative compliance program that would reward carriers for exceeding regulatory requirements.
January 9, 2017
Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore dive into the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies. They address trade challenges, mergers, sector trends and more.
Transportation Agency Officials, Experts Tout Importance of Performance Management
WASHINGTON Performance management, long a staple of the private sector, is increasingly common in the world of transportation agencies. That reality, which was jump-started by MAP 21 becoming law in 2012, was applauded by officials from those agencies as well as other experts at a Transportation Research Board session on Jan. 8.
January 9, 2017Catenary System Poised for One-Year Test Near California Ports
WASHINGTON The South Coast Air Quality Management District expects to start a one-year test soon of electrified trucking near two of the nations largest ports, the leader of the agencys division overseeing the program said Jan. 8.
January 9, 2017Video: 2016 Trucking Year in Review Top Government News
To help put the year in trucking into greater perspective, Transport Topics' Eugene Mulero brings back Capitol Agenda guests Kellie Mejdrich of CQ Roll Call and Stephanie Beasley of Bloomberg BNA. They discuss the decisions in Washington in 2016 that had the greatest effect on the industry.
December 21, 2016Top 10 Most Popular News Stories of 2016
A year after it made big splashes by acquiring Norbert Dentressangle SA and Con-Way Inc., XPO Logistics continued to make news not with acquisitions, but in other arenas. And when XPO acts, people listen. And read.
January 4, 2017Slow Freight Growth, Political Upheaval Define Year in Trucking
It was a year of generally slow growth for freight carriers as well as shifting political winds as Americans elected business mogul and reality television personality Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States.
January 4, 20172016 by the Numbers
As we close the books on an eventful 2016 in trucking, lets quantify the most popular content on TTNews.com and on our social media channels this year.
January 4, 20172016 in Review: Top 10 Cartoons
Our cartoons from artist Philip Shade Kightlinger are one of the most popular features on TTNews.com. Check out our top 10 favorite cartoons of the year.
December 21, 2016Video: 2016 Trucking Year in Review Top Business News
Transport Topics Associate News Editor Jonathan S. Reiskin and Senior Features Writer Daniel P. Bearth discussthe top business news developments in the trucking world for 2016.
December 21, 2016