WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department had plenty of information under which to justify opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks despite a report from the Inspector General that said there were too few participants in a pilot program to determine if all Mexican trucks were safe enough to run U.S. roads.
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Government Transport Planners Compare US, European Systems at TRB
WASHINGTON — In a Jan. 11 session of the Transportation Research Board, European and American transportation planners admired each other’s freight systems as part of TRB’s 94th annual meeting here.
January 12, 2015FMCSA Announces $30 Million to Help States Collect Safety Data
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 12 announced that $30 million is available to help states modernize their safety data technologies.
January 12, 2015Feds Keep Drug-Test Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the nation’s trucking companies must continue random drug testing for at least 50% of drivers and other “safety sensitive” employees during 2015.
January 12, 2015Diesel Drops 7.6¢ to $3.137 as Crude Falls Below $50
Diesel prices began the new year the same way they finished 2014, with the U.S. retail average falling 7.6 cents to $3.137 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.
January 12, 2015Package Carriers Improve On-Time Delivery During Critical Holiday Shopping Season
Package carriers dramatically improved their on-time delivery performance at the tail end of the Christmas shopping season, preventing a repeat of the delays that sparked a consumer outcry a year earlier.
January 12, 2015Penske Petitions US Supreme Court to Overturn Calif. Meal-Break Law
Penske Logistics last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision upholding California’s meal-break law.
January 12, 2015Teamsters’ LTL Organizing Efforts Resume;Con-way Defeats Union at Calif. Terminal
Elections for labor union representation resumed last week as Teamsters efforts to organize workers at two of the three largest less-than-truckload carriers do not show signs of slackening.
January 12, 2015Fate of Cross-Border Trucking Still Unclear After Report Calls Mexican Pilot Too Small
The possibility of more Mexican trucks running in the United States is still up in the air after a recent report by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General concluded participation in a three-year pilot program was too small to yield sufficient safety data.
January 5, 2015California Expands Cap-and-Trade Program; Trucking Executives Expect Higher Fuel Costs
California’s cap-and-trade program extended its reach to diesel fuel and gasoline on Jan. 1, creating no immediate price change but a great deal of concern about the workings over time of a highly complex system.
January 12, 2015