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Editorial: Celebrating Our Interstates
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legislation that created the nations Interstate Highway System which led directly to the birth of a truly interstate trucking industry we all owe much to the foresight of earlier generations and especially two presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
June 23, 2006DOT Secretary Norman Mineta to Step Down in July
Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has submitted a letter of resignation and will step down from his post July 7, DOT said Friday.
June 23, 2006EPA Issues Report on Boutique Fuels
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday released a report from a task force looking at boutique fuels that said if a fuel supply disruption occurs, requirements for the specialty blends make it more difficult to move fuel supplies around the country.
June 23, 2006Leading Economic Indicators Decline 0.6%
The index of U.S. leading economic indicators fell by the most in four months in May, the Conference Board reported Thursday.
June 22, 2006Jobless Claims Rise for Week from Four-Month Low
The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims rose from a four-month low last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
June 22, 2006Transport Service Buys Missions Chemical Assets
Tank truck carrier Transport Service Co., Oak Brook, Ill., said June 13 it agreed to buy the chemical transportation assets of tank truck carrier Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc., Houston.
June 22, 2006Eisenhowers 1919 Trek Led to Road Network
The history of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, the landmark legislation championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and other visionaries that changed the mobility of a nation and paved the way to the modern-day trucking industry, actually has roots dating to 1919.
June 22, 2006ATA Road Team Convoy Makes Way Across Country
In a tribute marking the 50th anniversary of the U.S. interstate highway system, American Trucking Associations America's Road Team captains are rolling across the country in a trucking convoy through next Thursday.
June 22, 2006Senators Chide STB on Rail Fuel Surcharges
Senators blasted the chairman of the Surface Transportation Board Wednesday, saying more needs to be done to strengthen railroad competition and lower rail fuel surcharges, the Associated Press reported.
June 22, 2006Security & Safety Briefs June 15 - June 21
Japan Set to Resume U.S. Beef Imports Oregon DOT to Raise I-5 Overpasses Port of L.A. to Spend $33 Mln. on Security S.F. Airport to Screen All Passenger Air Cargo
June 21, 2006