The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General is conducting an audit into concerns about the “timeliness and effectiveness” of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s reviews of carriers that pose a greater risk.
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Policymakers, Financiers Agree on Infrastructure Crisis, but Not on Funding Mechanisms
WASHINGTON — Policymakers and Wall Street veterans made pleas May 11 for greater investment in the nation’s infrastructure but acknowledged the stumbling block is still the same — how to pay for it.
May 11, 2015Secretary Foxx Tells Congress Time Is Running Out to Fix Highway Funding
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said that while lawmakers focus on crafting a long-term transportation plan, his department is 20 days away from running out of its ability to use the “little bit of money we do have” to assist states with infrastructure.
May 11, 2015Greg Nadeau Nominated to Be Administrator of FHWA
President Obama on May 8 nominated Greg Nadeau to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
May 11, 2015P3s See Federal Inaction as Elevating Their Importance
WASHINGTON — The biggest challengesĚýfacing infrastructure public-private partnership proposalsĚýare in persuadingĚýpublic officials and taxpayers to accept some level of financial and possibly environmental risk, and in convincingĚýpublic employees they won’t lose their jobs, a panel of P3 supporters said at a May 11 “Infrastructure Week” event.
May 11, 2015Top T&I Dems Request Hearing on Long-Term Highway Bill
The top two Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pressing the panel’s chairman and the chamber’s top tax policy authorizer to schedule a joint hearing very soon that focuses on a long-term highway bill.
May 11, 2015Supreme Court Won’t Hear Trucking’s Appeal of California’s Meal-Break Requirement
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals by two trucking companies that mounted challenges to a California law requiring employers to provide meal breaks to workers.
May 11, 2015American Fast Freight Buys Caribbean Shipping Services
American Fast Freight Inc., a logistics and trucking operator, announced the acquisition of Caribbean Shipping Services Inc. to expand in the U.S.-Puerto Rico ocean shipping market.
May 8, 2015Opinion: Nat-Gas Vehicles and Low Oil Prices
For light- and heavy-duty truck operators evaluating a switch to natural gas from diesel, the recent oil-price collapse represents the most significant “bump in the road” in several years.
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May 11, 2015Mich. Voters Reject Sales-Tax Hike Central to Transportation Package
Michigan voters last week overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have raised the state sales tax to 7% from 6% as the key element in a sweeping transportation funding plan that now is dead.Ěý
May 11, 2015