The Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 5 announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants from heavy-duty trucks in a series of major rulemakings over the next three years.
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ATA Legal Forum Offers Strategies to Counter Lawsuit Abuses
From the rise in multimillion dollar “nuclear” jury verdicts against motor carriers to federal and state efforts to redraw the industry’s independent contractor business model, these are pressing times for lawyers that represent trucking companies.
August 5, 2021US Senate Committee Approves NTSB Nominee, Commerce Legislation
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead a key federal transportation investigatory unit was easily approved by a U.S. Senate panel Aug. 4.
August 4, 2021New ATRI Initiative Studies Methods for Finding Safe Younger Drivers
A new initiative from the American Transportation Research Institute is exploring development of an assessment tool to identify the safest drivers among 18- to 20-year-olds, a key group that the trucking industry is targeting for expanded eligibility of commercial driver licenses for interstate travel.
August 4, 2021Amazon’s Dilemma: Mandating Vaccinations Would Risk Losing Workers
The quandary facing America’s second-largest private employer is this: how to keep its facilities COVID-free without sparking a mutiny among workers who are desperately needed to keep operations running amid a tight labor market and strong online demand.
August 4, 2021Early Hurricane Lull Ending, With New Forecast for Up to 21 Storms
A quick start to the Atlantic hurricane season saw five storms form so far this year, well ahead of the normal pace of a normal year, before settling into a lull that’s lasted several weeks.
August 4, 2021Senators Try to Sell $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to Public
WASHINGTON — The senators who spent months stitching together a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package are now trying to sell it to the American people before a key vote expected this week that would push a long recognized national priority much closer to the finish line, after years of talk.
August 4, 2021Buttigieg Has Final Say Over $105 Billion in Infrastructure Grants
WASHINGTON — At least $274 billion of the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill’s $550 billion in new spending would go toward transportation — and it also would give Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg the final say over about $105 billion of that $274 billion, according to one transportation analyst.
August 3, 2021Six-Year Project Underway on Ohio I-70 Segment
The Ohio Department of Transportation has started reconstructing a stretch of Interstate 70 in an effort to improve travel for truckers and other motorists.
July 30, 2021US Senate Transportation Policymakers Press for Pipeline Security
The leaders of the U.S. Senate’s freight committee called on the Biden administration, congressional colleagues and private industry stakeholders to enhance security operations following the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline.
July 28, 2021