Bomb Threat Closes Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
The Detroit-Windsor tunnel connecting the U.S. and Canada was scheduled to reopen late Thursday after being closed for about four hours due to a bomb threat, news services reported.
July 12, 2012TT 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.
U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks in May
The U.S. trade deficit shrank 3.8% in May as imports fell to the lowest level in three months, the Commerce Department said.
July 11, 2012E&MU: SmartWay Program May Help EPA Shape Greenhouse-Gas Rules
As federal regulators ready mandates to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions and improve heavy-duty trucks’ fuel mileage, Environmental Protection Agency and trucking company officials said that research gleaned from EPA’s 8-year-old SmartWay program can help shape those rules.
July 11, 2012Letter: The Driver’s Advocate
One of the letters to the editor of your publication written by a safety manager recently did an excellent job of making our point about “harassment” and electronic onboard recorders, or EOBRs.
July 9, 2012Editorial: Electronic Logs
Highway safety is one of the trucking industry’s top priorities, and we have long supported the industry’s efforts to employ technology in enhancing the safety of our employees’ workplace and the safety of everyone who shares our nation’s highways.
July 9, 2012Two DOT Agencies Pressured to Synchronize Online Databases for Carrier Hazmat Loads
The Transportation Intermediaries Association has renewed its bid to force the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to display more information in its database for consistency with another federal agency.
July 9, 2012J.D. Power: Buyer Satisfaction Declines Under Burden of 2010 Emissions Rules
Satisfaction with model-year 2011 trucks suffered as a result of technology added to comply with 2010 federal emissions regulations, which resulted in customers’ reporting more problems with the trucks, a recent J.D. Power and Associates’ survey found.
July 9, 2012House Moves to Block Funding for Implementing EOBR Rule
The House approved a bill on June 29 that would block any federal mandate requiring the use of electronic onboard recorders on vehicles, including a regulation included in the highway funding legislation President Obama was expected to sign late last week.
July 9, 2012Obama Signs $105 Billion Bill to Fund Transportation Programs Through Sept. 2014
President Obama was scheduled to sign into law late last week a two-year, $105 billion transportation funding bill that will allow more tolling of interstate highways and create a national freight highway network.
July 9, 2012Mica Says He’s ‘Fed Up’ With TSA’s Failure to Explain Card Reader Deployment Delay
The chairman of the House Transportation Committee said he is “fed up” with the Transportation Security Administration’s failure to explain delays in deploying biometric card readers for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards at U.S. ports and other secure facilities.
July 9, 2012