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ATRI Seeks Hours-of-Service Data from Fleets

The American Transportation Research Institute said it is seeking data from motor carriers for a study of the impacts of hours-of-service rules.

March 9, 2010

Senators Criticize Infrastructure Bank Proposal

Several U.S. senators have criticized the Obama administration’s plan to use $4 billion to create a new national infrastructure bank to help finance transportation projects, questioning how the bank would operate and whether rural projects would lose funding to larger urban areas.

March 9, 2010

Legislative Initiatives ‘Undercut’ Owner-Operator Model

Nearly 90 proposals in 24 states and Congress would “undercut” independent contractor classification and subject carriers using owner-operators to “greater scrutiny and exposure,” according to a new American Trucking Associations’ owner-operator classification alert.

March 9, 2010

Roadrunner Files Public Offering Plan

Roadrunner Transportation Services Holdings filed a registration statement announcing its intention to sell as much as $150 million in stock through a public offering.

March 8, 2010

Qualcomm Unveils Software For Fleets to Monitor Drivers

LAS VEGAS — Qualcomm Inc. unveiled here its new Analytics Manager Service, which the company said would allow fleets to monitor driver performance and safety more easily.

March 8, 2010

Opinion: Rule Changes Ahead for SafeStat Audits

The rules are changing for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s “SafeStat” audits for trucking companies.

March 5, 2010

Letters: Port Battles, Telemarketers, Carbon Footprint, Sleep Apnea, Buy American

Who is paying the legal costs for the Port of Los Angeles to pursue the “employee only” model? How much taxpayer money is being wasted on a lost cause that has been reviewed and re-reviewed in the courts?

March 8, 2010

Fourth-Quarter Productivity Revised Upward

Worker productivity jumped 6.9% in the fourth quarter, capping the largest one-year gain since 2002, the Labor Department said Thursday.

March 4, 2010

ISM Services Index Improves

The U.S. economy’s service sector improved in February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.

March 3, 2010