With authorization for the highway trust fund set to expire July 31, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be making speeches in Massachusetts, New York and Virginia.
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TT Archives: Top 100 Rankings
Transport Topics’ annual ranking of the largest for-hire carriers in the United States and Canada, which began as a modest addition to a Special Report on Finance in the Aug. 21, 1989 edition, took on a new look as the Transport Topics 100 in 1999 and became the Top 100 a few years later.
July 20, 2015Panel Votes to Hide Scores During Assessment of CSA
Scores and relevant data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program would not be made public during a review of the program included in a six-year highway bill that a Senate panel approved July 15.
July 20, 2015FedEx Ground Workers Win in Kansas, Are Deemed Employees by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has ruled that about 500 FedEx Ground workers in Kansas were employees in the latest of a series of recent rulings on worker status.
July 20, 2015NHTSA Requests Comment on Underride Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on July 17 announced an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the cost benefits of underride guards on single-unit trucks.
July 17, 2015Glider Industry May Lose Business Under GHG Plan, EPA, Makers Say
The new federal greenhouse-gas proposal for trucks includes a provision that could reduce the appeal of glider kits if the proposal becomes final.
July 20, 2015FMCSA Says Final Rule Protects Privacy of Fleets’ Confidential Business Records
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.
July 20, 2015Gas Tops Diesel for First Time Since ’09 as Calif. Refinery Outages Pinch Supply
The national average price of diesel fuel fell below gasoline for the first time in almost six years after diesel dipped and soaring gas prices in California caused the fuel’s national figure to jump.
July 20, 2015Marten Transport, CSX Profits Rise 5%; Lower Fuel Prices Aid Both in 2nd Qtr.
Marten Transport Ltd. and CSX Corp. last week kicked off the reporting season for second-quarter earnings with each posting 5% growth in profits.
July 20, 2015OEMs Expand Air Disc Brake Offerings; Cost, Maintenance Concerns Slow Adoption
After years of accounting for just a single-digit share of the heavy-truck brake market, air disc brakes are enjoying double-digit growth, and suppliers are optimistically predicting the systems will capture a quarter of the foundations brake market within a few years.
July 20, 2015