Lawmakers from the House of Representatives and Senate have reached an agreement to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for railroads to implement new safety technology, a leading Republican senator said Oct. 20.
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Nebraska Forms Transportation Task Force
Nebraska has put together a task force to focus on state transportation issues.
October 22, 2015Great Scott! ‘Back to the Future’ Innovations Are Possible by Passing Highway Bills, DOT Says
The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on “flyways,” hover-boards and hover-conversion kits — innovations featured in “Back to the Future II” — if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.
October 21, 2015DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan
The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.
October 19, 2015NHTSA Grants Petition on Collision-Avoidance Systems
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has granted a petition for rulemaking filed by several safety groups that could be the first step toward adoption of a proposed mandate to require automatic forward collision systems on heavy vehicles.
October 19, 2015Industry Rejects CSA Study Defending Crash-Risk Data
Despite ongoing trucking industry concerns over the crash predictability of the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, regulators have released a new report they say confirms CSA is doing a good job of identifying unsafe motor carriers.
October 19, 2015Diesel Jumps 6.4¢ to $2.556;Gasoline Rises 1.9¢ to $2.337
The average price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 6.4 cents a gallon to $2.556, the largest increase in more than two years, the Department of Energy reported.
October 19, 2015UTi Worldwide Agrees to Buyout by DSV Group for $1.35 Billion
UTi Worldwide, a U.S.-based air and ocean freight forwarder that has been struggling to reverse a downward trend in revenue and profits, has agreed to a buyout by Danish freight forwarder and transportation firm DSV Group for $1.35 billion.
October 19, 2015Mack Inaugurates Drive-Axle Line After $30 Million Plant Investment
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Mack Trucks inaugurated its new drive-axle line here, the result of a two-year, $30 million investment that is part of the company’s strategy of vertical integration of powertrain components — engines, transmissions and axles.
October 19, 2015Driver Training Officials Decry New CDL Regulations
Driver training school operators and fleet executives said new federal regulations are increasing the cost of training and making it more difficult for people to obtain commercial driver licenses.
October 19, 2015