Bill Graves, who served two terms as Kansas governor and whose family once owned a major truck line headquartered in the state, stepped into his new job as president of American Trucking Associations in January 2003.
October 26, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
ATA鈥檚 Graves Urges House to Take Up Six-Year Highway Bill
American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves on Oct. 23 urged the House to take up a six-year highway bill reported out of committee this week.
October 23, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
House T&I Panel Approves Six-Year Highway Bill
WASHINGTON 鈥 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
October 22, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Nebraska Forms Transportation Task Force
Nebraska has put together a task force to focus on state transportation issues.
October 22, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Michigan House Passes Roads Plan
Michigan鈥檚 House of Representatives wants to fix the state's roads with a combination of higher gas taxes and vehicle registration fees, and $600 million from the state鈥檚 general fund. 聽 聽
October 22, 2015Government
Great Scott! 鈥楤ack to the Future鈥 Innovations Are Possible by Passing Highway Bills, DOT Says
The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on 鈥渇lyways,鈥 hover-boards and hover-conversion kits聽鈥 innovations featured in 鈥淏ack to the Future II鈥澛犫 if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.
October 21, 2015Government
Lawmakers in Deal on Extending Rail Safety Deadline
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives and Senate have reached an agreement to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for railroads to implement new safety technology, a leading Republican senator said Oct. 20.
October 21, 2015Government
NHTSA Grants Petition on Collision-Avoidance Systems
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has granted a petition for rulemaking filed by several safety groups that could be the first step toward adoption of a proposed mandate to require automatic forward collision systems on heavy vehicles.
October 19, 2015Government
DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan
The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.
October 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentEquipmentAutonomous
Mack Inaugurates Drive-Axle Line After $30 Million Plant Investment
HAGERSTOWN, Md. 鈥 Mack Trucks inaugurated its new drive-axle line here, the result of a two-year, $30 million investment that is part of the company鈥檚 strategy of vertical integration of powertrain components 鈥 engines, transmissions and axles.
October 19, 2015