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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Government, Business

Election Key to Road Funds

When Americans cast their ballots for president and members of Congress, they also will help to determine the outlook for the country’s highway funding that is so critical to freight movement.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
November 8, 2016

TT Podcasts: RoadSigns

Meghann Erhart of Relay Payments shares ways to prevent falling prey to fuel card skimming.

Business, Government

Even on Election Day, Virginia Port Means Business

While Nov. 8 is a paid holiday for dockworkers at the Port of Virginia, that doesn’t mean everybody will have a day off.

Robert McCabe | The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot
November 8, 2016
Government

Texas I-35 Expansion to Get $285 Milliion Loan From DOT

The managers of a highway expansion project along a congested corridor in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan region will receive a $285 million federal loan, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced this month.

November 8, 2016
Government

Trucking Associations Continue Battle Over Registration Fee Relief in R.I.

When Rhode Island tried to remove some of the sting of its trucks-only tolling plan in July with a $4 million cut in registration fees for trucks in the Ocean State, the state’s trucking association called it “a token gesture.” 

David Elfin | Staff Reporter
November 8, 2016
Business, Government

Deutsche Post Harvests Online-Shopping Boom With Record Profit

Deutsche Post AG’s third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold to a record as the mail operator shifts to tap booming shipments from Internet shopping and recovered from costs for a failed software project.

Richard Weiss | Bloomberg News
November 8, 2016
Government

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Makes Anti-Indemnification Law in New York

More than four months after both houses of New York’s Legislature unanimously passed a bill to make the state the 45th to establish an anti-indemnification motor carrier law, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally signed the measure into law on Nov. 4.

David Elfin | Staff Reporter
November 7, 2016
Perspective, Business, Government

Opinion: Time to Deliver Broker Set-Off Changes

Today’s brokers increasingly rely on set-off tools as justification for not paying their carriers on valid freight deliveries, giving little or no consideration to the timing of these deliveries when enforcing set-offs. In doing so, they unfairly penalize motor carriers and expose the industry to a divisive practice. It’s time to develop some much-needed changes.

November 7, 2016
Editorial, Business, Safety, Government

Editorial: What’s at Stake in the Election

There’s a lot riding on the U.S. presidential election this week, and it’s not just the choice between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton that will make a difference for the freight transportation industry.

November 7, 2016
Government

Pennsylvania Trucking Execs Back Shuster

The message from Pennsylvania trucking leaders to voters in the 9th Congressional District is simple: It sometimes helps the industry when the top transportation policymaker in the U.S. House of Representatives also is your congressman.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
November 7, 2016
Government

FMCSA, NHTSA Extend Time for Speed Limiter Comments

Federal regulators announced last week that they have extended, by one month, the deadline for public comments on a controversial proposed rule that would limit the speed of heavy trucks.

Eric Miller and David Elfin | Staff Reporters
November 7, 2016