Highway Funds Reauthorization Pushed to September or Later
With Congress slated to spend its summer on budget negotiations and the debt ceiling, legislative leaders said reauthorization of transportation funding has been crowded off the agenda until September, if not later.
June 27, 2011TT 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.
FMCSA Plans August Restart for Mexico Trucks Program
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hopes to relaunch its controversial Mexican trucks pilot project by mid-August, according to an agency official.
June 27, 2011Senator Proposes Liens on Transportation Assets
The ability of state and local governments to raise cash by leasing or selling transportation assets to private investors would be slowed, if not killed altogether, under a bill introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois).
June 27, 2011FMCSA Panel Seeks Database to Find, Track Safety Violators
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee last week recommended that the agency set up a database to identify and track trucking company officials, supervisors and other key “persons of influence” who exhibit “patterns of safety violations.”
June 27, 2011Arkansas Truckers Rethink Higher Diesel Tax After Poll Shows Broad Public Disapproval
Arkansas truckers, whose leadership convinced state legislators to approve a 5-cent-a-gallon diesel tax increase for highway repairs, are seeking a new funding source after a plan to put the tax proposal before the voters ran into stiff opposition.
June 27, 2011Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $3.95 a Gallon; DOE to Open Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The average price of a gallon of retail diesel dipped for the sixth time in the past seven weeks, even before 28 nations agreed June 23 to release 60 million barrels of crude oil from their strategic reserves in a bid to drive fuel prices lower around the world.
June 27, 2011First-Quarter GDP Revised Upward to 1.9%
The U.S. economy rose at a 1.9% annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, boosting an earlier estimate.
June 24, 2011Maine Votes to End Fuel Tax Indexing
Maine’s legislature has approved a two-year, $637 million transportation funding bill that would end annual fuel tax increases tied to inflation beginning next year.
June 21, 2011Oregon Governor Signs Truck Idling Bill
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (D) has signed a measure that restricts truck idling while also preventing local governments from implementing their own anti-idling regulations.
June 21, 2011Senate Bill Would Hinder Sale, Lease of Transportation Assets
The ability of state and local governments to raise cash by leasing or selling transportation assets to private investors would be slowed down, if not killed altogether, under a bill introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).
June 21, 2011