Calif.’s Global Warming Targets May Cut Light Truck Sales
Automakers may forego as much as $4 billion a year in light truck sales to prevent states led by California from setting their own mileage standards, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 1, 2011Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Letters: Border Negotiations; Wrong Again, FMCSA
No one knows the Canada-U.S. border and the difficulties even the most trusted individuals and companies have had crossing it in the “security trumps trade” post-9/11 world than truckers. It’s not surprising, then, that truckers welcome the announcement from U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the two countries are embarking upon negotiations aimed at improved cooperation and coordination at the border.
February 28, 2011Middle East Unrest and Fuel Prices
Just as the U.S. economy seems to be growing some serious muscle, international events are threatening to intervene in what has become a period of steady business improvement.
February 28, 2011Agencies Issue Proposal on Rail Crossings 17 Years After Congress Ordered Rulemaking
Nearly 17 years after Congress ordered federal regulators to put in writing that motor vehicles are not to park on railroad tracks while waiting for the traffic to clear or a light to turn green, two agencies said they have rectified a series of “misunderstandings” with state transportation officials and have offered a new proposal.
February 28, 2011Intermodal Fleets Say Safety Ratings Hurt by CSA Violations of Discharged Drivers
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The U.S. Transportation Department’s new safety program is putting pressure on intermodal fleets, which say their safety records are being hurt in part by violations that were supposed to be rectified by new federal chassis safety rules.
February 28, 2011Consumer Confidence Hits 3-Year High
Consumer confidence rose to a three-year high in February, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.
February 25, 2011Texas Cuts Truck Tolls on Highways near Austin
The Texas Transportation Commission has voted to lower truck tolls on two Austin-area highways in an attempt to encourage trucks to use them.
February 25, 2011Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Down to 2.8%
U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 2.8% annual rate in the third quarter, a smaller rate than the previous estimate, the Commerce Department said Friday.
February 25, 2011DeFazio Proposes Limiting Detention Time
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has introduced a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to study and establish a maximum number of hours that drivers may be detained at loading docks without being compensated.
February 22, 2011Consumer Confidence Hits Three-Year High
Consumer confidence hit its highest level in three years in February, the New York-based Conference Board reported Tuesday.
February 22, 2011