House T&I Staff Director, Eno’s Davis Talk Infrastructure at IBTTA March 14-15
The role tolls play in funding infrastructure projects around the country will head the discussions at the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s policy summit in Washington, D.C., March 14-15.
March 11, 2016TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Volvo's Chayene de Souza and Magnus Gustafson discuss how new, connected trucks can boost business, enhance safety practices, and reinforce preventative maintenance plans.
Surface Transportation Board Sets New Timetable to Review Large Rate Cases
The Surface Transportation Board published new rules intended to speed up the consideration and resolution of large rate cases, implementing one of the requirements contained in the STB Reauthorization Act that became law last year.
March 11, 2016DOT Offers $1.4 Billion in TIFIA Credit Assistance for Infrastructure Projects
The Department of Transportation on March 11 announced the availability of $1.4 billion in credit assistance over the next five years for critical infrastructure projects nationwide, using Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act funding.
March 11, 2016Indiana Commits More Than $1 Billion for Transportation
Indiana’s Legislature got creative in allocating more than $1 billion for transportation in an election year as its 2016 session ended on March 10.
March 11, 2016TAEC Moves 2018 Meeting Out of Rhode Island
The trucking industry’s strenuous objection to Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s trucks-only tolling law has pushed the Trucking Association Executives Council to move its 2018 meeting out of the Ocean State.
March 10, 2016South Carolina Senate OKs Transportation Plan That Conflicts With House Version
After weeks of debate marked by extended filibusters, South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate approved a $400 million transportation plan that doesn’t include the fuel-tax increase in the bill passed earlier by the House.
March 10, 2016House Leaders Introduce FAA Extension Bill, Sans Trucking Provisions
The leaders of the transportation and the tax-writing committees in the House on March 10 introduced legislation that would authorize aviation programs through July 15.
March 10, 2016Trucking Provision Absent From Senate's FAA Reform Bill
WASHINGTON — A provision related to truck drivers that drew controversy in the House will not be part of an aviation reform bill that a Senate panel will consider March 16.
March 9, 2016FMCSA Seeks Public Input on Sleep Apnea
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Federal Railroad Administration announced on March 8 that they are seeking public input for 90 days on the effects of screening, evaluating and treating commercial motor vehicle drivers and rail workers for obstructive sleep apnea.
March 8, 2016Transportation Funding Hike All But Dead in West Virginia
West Virginia bases its fuel taxes on the wholesale price, a policy that cost the state 2.6 cents per gallon of revenue during the past two years.
March 8, 2016