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House Panel Fields Queries on Highway Bill

Members of a key House panel began hearing proposals Tuesday from members of Congress about ways to fund a six-year highway reauthorization bill without exceeding Highway Trust Fund revenues that are mostly derived from federal gas and diesel taxes.

April 5, 2011

Ohio Turnpike’s 70-mph Speed Limit Takes Effect

The new 70-mile-per-hour speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike, which the state’s trucking industry opposes, has taken effect, the Associated Press reported.

April 4, 2011

Effects of Federal Regulations on Dealers to Be Focus of ATD’s Annual Meeting

American Truck Dealers said it will focus on how to mitigate the possible negative effects of regulatory and legislative actions during its annual convention April 15-18 in Phoenix.

April 4, 2011

Letters: EOBRs and Waiting, Load Securement

To improve our scores with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, many of us have worked diligently to put electronic onboard recorders in our trucks.

April 4, 2011

NAFTA Surface Trade Rises 19.5% in January

Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 19.5% in January from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

March 29, 2011

Mica Optimistic on Long-Term Transport Bill

Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, told a group of shippers attending a Washington legislative policy forum Tuesday that he plans to get a long-term transportation reauthorization bill on the House floor sometime in May.

March 29, 2011

EPA Oversight of Diesel Grants Criticized

Ineffective oversight of the federal diesel emissions reduction grant program by the Environmental Protection Agency may have caused EPA to overstate the environmental benefits of the program, according to a new audit by the agency’s inspector general.

March 28, 2011

Senate Bill Creates Infrastructure Bank to Back Transportation Projects

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced a bill that would create a national infrastructure bank to issue loans and loan guarantees for transportation and other infrastructure projects of regional and national significance.

March 28, 2011

ATA Remains ā€˜Poised’ to File Lawsuit if HOS Rule Is Unchanged, Windsor Says

American Trucking Associations is ā€œpoisedā€ to file a lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration if the agency adopts a proposed rule that could cut driver time to 10 hours a day, ATA Chairman Barbara Windsor said.

March 28, 2011