Construction Groups Applaud Lawmakers’ Push for Trust Fund Fix
The endorsement by more than 250 members of the House to ensure colleagues on the tax policy panel adopt a sustainable funding source for a federal highway account drew praise from one of the country’s largest construction groups.
June 13, 2017Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 13: Chao Meets Appropriators
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao gets to face more infrastructure budget questions this week, this time from House appropriators. Will they ask about the meal-and-rest-break rule? Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
June 13, 2017Report on Driver Delays Gets More Time to Be Completed
WASHINGTON — A congressionally mandated Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General audit of motor carrier delays in loading and unloading has been delayed until late summer or early fall, a top official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said June 12.
June 12, 2017Supreme Court Denies Hearing on ELD Lawsuit
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s request for a rejection of a federal rule requiring electronic logging devices will not be heard by the Supreme Court, the court announced on June 12.
June 12, 2017Former CSX Exec Raises Questions About Jacksonville Port Dredging Project
As Jacksonville, Fla., faces a monumental decision about how to pay for one of the most expensive public works projects in city history, a retired CSX executive has emerged as an unlikely source of do-it-yourself research calling into question the bedrock assumptions the Jacksonville Port Authority uses to justify deepening the St. Johns River.
June 12, 2017New Hampshire State House Compromise Reached on Infrastructure Bills
While legislative leaders and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu continue to try and resolve a two-year state budget, bipartisan consensus has been reached on making significant improvements to the state’s ailing infrastructure.
June 12, 2017Alaska Sends Trump White House Infrastructure Wish List
The Port of Anchorage is among the major infrastructure projects in need of federal assistance that Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I) highlighted in a recent memo to the Trump administration.
June 12, 2017Trump, Chao Make Pitches to Revitalize Infrastructure
With support from Congress, critical freight routes and structurally deficient bridges would be repaired and modernized under the Trump administration’s $1 trillion, 10-year infrastructure funding plan, the president and his lead transportation adviser argued last week.
June 12, 2017Trump Repackages Obama Council as `New' in Infrastructure Plan
The “new council” that President Donald Trump announced on June 9 to streamline regulatory reviews for infrastructure projects isn’t actually new.
June 9, 2017California Sheriff Recruits Truck Driver to Help Stop High-Speed Chase
With two suspected armed robbers barreling down Highway 101 into Sonoma County as the afternoon commute got underway, a hastily assembled law enforcement group had few options and little time. They came up with an unusual plan: create a roadblock with traffic in southern Healdsburg.
June 9, 2017