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IIJA Rollout Prompts Partisan Views at Senate Committee

The Republican leader on the Senate highway policy panel took aim at funding guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation as Democrats continue to tout the distribution of grants from the $1 trillion infrastructure law.

September 22, 2022

Deal That Prevented Rail Strike Still Needs Worker Support

OMAHA, Neb. — A last-minute deal prevented a railroad strike for now, but many rail workers remain unhappy with working conditions, including some who protested outside their workplaces Sept. 21 ahead of votes to approve the new contracts.

September 22, 2022

Fed Attacks Inflation With Another Big Hike and Expects More

Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Sept. 21 by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signaled more large rate hikes to come.

September 21, 2022

Senators Promote Truck Parking Access

Two members of the Senate committee on highway policy raised concerns about inadequate parking for the nation’s truckers during a recent hearing about supply chain connectivity.

September 21, 2022

Federal Judge Strikes Down Rhode Island Truck Tolling Plan as Unconstitutional

A federal judge struck down as unconstitutional a truck tolling plan by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation that was challenged in a lawsuit by American Trucking Associations as specifically aimed at motor carriers traveling through the state.

September 21, 2022

Fraud Charges Against Former Celadon Executives Dismissed

A fraud prosecution of two former executives of now-defunct Celadon Group Inc. that has lingered in the courts for nearly three years has been dismissed at the request of the U.S. government amid allegations of inaccurate statements by an FBI agent working on the case.

September 21, 2022

Florida Awards $8.2 Million for CDL Training at Five Colleges

Five state colleges in Florida will be able to train at least 1,200 new truck drivers yearly thanks to an $8.2 million grant from the governor.

September 21, 2022

NTSB Wants All New Vehicles to Check Drivers for Alcohol Use

DETROIT — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.

September 21, 2022

Supply Chain Envoy Stephen Lyons Optimistic on Rail, Port Negotiations

CHICAGO — White House Supply Chain Envoy Stephen Lyons said Sept. 20 he believes the recently negotiated tentative agreement between the five Class I railroads and unions — representing 150,000 railroad locomotive engineers, conductors and railroad workers — will be ratified.

September 20, 2022