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Budget Panels Reject Obama Proposal, Retain Highway Trust Fund Firewall
Budget committees in Congress have approved draft versions of spending-revenue plans for next year that reject an Obama administration proposal to remove the firewalls that have traditionally protected the Highway Trust Fund and other transportation-related funds.
April 6, 2009
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
After Chasing Criminals in Arizona, Dick Landis Came East to Tame Newly Deregulated Industry
PHOENIX — As an Arizona highway patrol officer for 14 years in the 1970s and ’80s, Dick Landis chased illegal immigrants, drunken college students, speeding motorists and even hardened drug dealers up and down just about every strip of concrete slicing through the state’s scalding, lonely desert.
April 6, 2009Diesel Price Jumps 13.1¢
U.S. retail diesel prices jumped sharply last week, a second straight bump that raised the national average a two-week total of 20.4 cents a gallon, or about 10%, as gasoline also rose, topping the $2 a gallon mark for the first time since November, according to the Department of Energy.
April 6, 2009U.S. Seeks Consensus on Border Before Obama’s Visit to Mexico
The Department of Transportation will develop a proposal to reopen the United States to trucks from Mexico before President Obama visits President Felipe Calderon there later this month, a spokeswoman told Transport Topics.
April 6, 2009Con-way, TNT Start New Europe-to-U.S. Service
Less-than-truckload carrier Con-way Freight will take over the final leg of express shipments from Europe under a new partnership with Dutch transportation and logistics firm TNT.
April 2, 2009Construction Spending Decline Slows
Construction spending fell 0.9% in February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
April 1, 2009ISM Manufacturing Index Improves, but Still Shows Contraction
Manufacturing in the U.S. improved in March but showed contraction for a 14th straight month, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
April 1, 2009House Democrats Introduce Greenhouse Gas Bill
Democratic lawmakers announced legislation Tuesday that they say would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one fifth, reduce dependence on foreign oil and create energy-related jobs, the Associated Press reported.
April 1, 2009Daimler to Cut Hours, Pay in Europe
Daimler AG plans to cut its labor costs by 2 billion euros, or about $2.7 billion, by trimming hours and wages for 73,000 non-production workers in Germany and by delaying a pay increase, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
April 1, 2009Chicago Manufacturing Index Declines
Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region showed contraction in March for a sixth straight month, the Institute for Supply Chain Management-Chicago said.
March 31, 2009