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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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Trump Deregulatory Efforts Flounder in Court

A year and a half into the Trump administration’s war against what it deems unneeded regulation, the legal record is coming into focus. And, according to law professors who follow regulation, it ain’t pretty.

July 26, 2018
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Traffic Jams Can’t Be Prevented, Says Washington State Transportation Chief

Highways won’t cure Washington state’s traffic woes and preventing congestion is impossible, said Roger Millar, head of the Washington state Department of Transportation.

July 25, 2018
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Trump Blames Tariff Critics for Weakening US Bargaining Power

President Donald Trump lit into critics of his tariffs, saying discord — some from Republicans in Congress — undercuts his ability to narrow the U.S. trade gaps with other countries.

July 25, 2018
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16 States Join Request for Court Review of EPA’s Glider Decision

Attorneys general from 16 states have joined a request that an appeals court review a decision by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials to not enforce an Obama-era regulation limiting the production of glider kit trucks to 300 units per manufacturer.

July 24, 2018
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Big Oil Is Raking in Cash, So Investors Are Asking: Now What?

The dark storm clouds that have been hanging over the oil industry during the crude-price slump have suddenly started raining cash.

July 24, 2018
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Shuster Unveils Draft Infrastructure Plan

Proposing to raise taxes on fuel, ensuring the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, establishing a volunteer vehicle miles traveled program, and imposing a tax on bicycle tires are key provisions included in a draft infrastructure plan the top transportation leader in the U.S. House unveiled July 23.

July 24, 2018
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Uber’s Self-Driving Fleet Returns to Pittsburgh Roads — With Drivers in Control

Uber’s self-driving cars returned July 24 to Pittsburgh’s streets four months after one of its autonomous SUVs hit and killed a woman crossing a street in Tempe, Ariz.

July 24, 2018
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Putin, Xi at BRICS Summit Expected to Take Aim at US Tariffs

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS emerging economies are gathering in South Africa for a summit likely to feature criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s wave of tariffs on foreign goods.

July 24, 2018
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UNLV, German Research Company Work on Autonomous Delivery Truck

University of Nevada-Las Vegas is joining German research company Fraunhofer IVI to develop an autonomous delivery truck, the university announced.

July 24, 2018
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Automakers’ Savings on Tax Cuts Could Be Wiped Out by Tariffs

Corporate America warned President Donald Trump that his trade war could end up erasing some of the savings reaped from the sharp cut in the corporate tax rate. The steel and aluminum tariffs could eat up anywhere from about a third to well more than half of the tax benefits in 2018, a Bloomberg analysis shows.

July 24, 2018

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