Calif. Approves Plan for Trucks to be Electric Powered by 2050
California environmental regulators have approved an update to the state’s long-term greenhouse-gas emissions plan that calls on the trucking industry to transition from diesel to mostly electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2050.
May 27, 2014TT Podcasts: RoadSigns
Check out Transport Topics' updated Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies in North America, and explore how the industry's top players have adapted to a tough freight market and are preparing for the future.
DOT’s Foxx To Deliver Keynote At ‘Data Palooza’ June 3
Managing large sets of freight data effectively improves officials’ ability to make roadways safer, improving the distribution of goods around the country, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will tell data experts when they meet for an annual conference in Arlington, Virginia, June 3.
May 27, 2014Virginia to Enhance Public-Private Partnership Transparency
Virginia has announced that it plans to tweak its policies on public-private partnerships in order to enhance transparency and more precisely assess the risk to the state.
May 27, 2014Consumer Confidence Index Rises to 83 in May
The Conference Board’s index of U.S. consumer confidence increased to 83 in May from 81.7 a month earlier, the New York-based private research group said today.
May 27, 2014Low Interest by Mexican Truckers Threatens Plan to Open Border
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The cross-border trucking pilot program has had so little participation that federal regulators may not be able to determine if Mexican carriers are as safe as U.S. carriers, several members of an advisory panel said here last week.
May 26, 2014Michigan Transport Plan to Swap Per-Gallon Fuel Levy With Wholesale Tax
Michigan lawmakers last week continued to wrestle with a transportation funding plan that would replace the state’s per-gallon tax on gasoline and diesel with a wholesale sales tax on fuel.
May 23, 2014ATA Asks FMCSA for Waiting Time Exemption at Extraction Sites
American Trucking Associations has asked federal regulators to exempt truck drivers servicing oil and natural gas extraction sites from including wait time at the sites from their calculations of on-duty time.
May 23, 2014Congress Sends White House Bill To Boost Ports
The Senate on May 22 easily passed a long-awaited water policy bill that would allow dredging at ports around the country ahead of the widening of the Panama Canal.
May 22, 2014Sales of Existing Homes Rise for First Time in Four Months
Sales of previously owned homes rose in April for the first time in four months as the weather warmed, price increases slowed and more properties were put on the market.
May 22, 2014New Hampshire Gas Tax Increase Signed Into Law
The tax on diesel and gas in New Hampshire will increase by 4 cents starting July 1, after Gov. Maggie Hassan signed off on a transportation funding bill May 21.
May 21, 2014