Alabama doesn't discriminate against railroads by requiring them to pay a 4% diesel fuel sales tax while their competitors — trucking and barge companies — are exempt, a federal judge ruled this week.
March 31, 2017TCA
New Wal-Mart Distribution Center to Impact Port of Mobile Traffic, I-10 Traffic
Interstate 10 in coastal Alabama is expected to grow even busier next spring as a new wave of big trucks rolls onto the roadway. Those 600 or more trucks will be moving back and forth daily between the Port of Mobile and Wal-Mart's new supersize regional distribution center west of Mobile in the Grand Bay area.
March 31, 2017TCA
How the I-85 Closure is Affecting Roads Around Atlanta
Here's what you need to know about how the I-85 closure will affect road travel around Atlanta.
March 31, 2017TCA
California Proposal Funds Road Fixes With 12-Cent Gas Tax Hike, Electric Car Fee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown and top Democratic lawmakers on March 29 announced a major deal aimed at repairing California’s crumbling roads and bridges by raising fuel taxes, hiking vehicle registration fees and for the first time charging electric car owners a yearly fee.
March 30, 2017TCA
Indiana Senate Committee Votes to Phase in Gas Tax Increase
An Indiana Senate committee March 28 pushed through plans to raise the gas tax by 10 cents and open Indiana interstates to tolling.
March 29, 2017TCA
Samsung Builds World's Largest Containership
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries set a new world record by completing the world’s largest containership, SHI and customer Mitsui OSK Lines said.
March 28, 2017TCA
Transportation Advocates to Trump: Where's the Money?
One of President Trump's most popular promises has been his oft-repeated pledge to spend $1 trillion in infrastructure improvements.
March 28, 2017TCA
Trucking IPO Will Net Schneider Family $230 Million
Members of the Schneider family will get about $230 million from the sale of stock in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, trucking company that bears their name, a document filed March 24 with securities regulators shows.
March 27, 2017TCA
UPS Seeks Tax Incentives for Texas Shipping Hub
UPS Inc. is seeking tax incentives to create a regional shipping hub with up to 1,400 jobs in an industrial warehouse district in southeast Arlington, Texas.
March 27, 2017TCA
Penske Logistics Replaces XPO as Operator of Contentious Missouri Warehouse
Schnuck Markets Inc. has hired Penske Logistics as the new operator of its NorthPark distribution center in Kinloch, Missouri, the Midwestern grocery chain said March 24.
March 27, 2017