WASHINGTON聽鈥 With about a week to go before a House transportation panel takes up a multiyear highway bill, the country鈥檚 top transportation officer said the timing is right for both chambers of Congress to finally approve such legislation.
September 9, 2015Government
Driver Health Is Focus of Upcoming FMCSA Meeting
A pair of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committees will meet later this month to discuss setting up a new agency 鈥渄river wellness initiative.鈥
September 8, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
White House to Appoint Former NY Transportation Chief to Infrastructure Advisory Council
Former New York state Department of Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald will be appointed to a post on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, the White House announced in late August.
September 8, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuelAutonomous
Fleet Failures Plunge 90%
Trucking failures fell by nearly 90% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier and also dipped slightly from the first quarter of 2015 as favorable rates and fuel prices as well as other trends buoyed fleets鈥 financial results, a new report finds.
September 7, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipment
TT Archives: CF Closes Its Doors
The shutdown of Consolidated Freightways on Labor Day in 2002 shocked the industry and, temporarily at least, boosted the fortunes of less-than-truckload freight rivals Arkansas Best Freight System, Yellow Transportation and Roadway Express.
September 7, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
How to Fund Highway Bill Tops Congressional Agenda
Finding a way to keep highway programs funded for several years will be at the top of Congress鈥 fall agenda, which kicks off this week.
September 7, 2015BusinessFuelGovernment
US Diesel Average Slides to $2.51; Lowest Level Since July 2009
The U.S. average retail diesel price dropped 4.7 cents a gallon last week to $2.514, the Department of Energy said, marking a 14th straight week of declines.
September 7, 2015BusinessGovernment
Keppler Departs as Executive Director of CVSA to Take Senior Position With Intermodal Group
Stephen Keppler, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, has left the commercial enforcement group after 15 years to assume the newly created position as senior vice president of the Intermodal Association of North America.
September 7, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyEquipment
California Ports Users Question New Appointment System
Truckers and shippers welcomed the concept 鈥 but worried about the implementation 鈥 of a new appointment system for in-terminal container pickups at 10 terminals in the largest U.S. port complex.
September 7, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
DOTs Urge Trucking to Plan for Pope鈥檚 Visit; Northeast Freight Corridor Heavily Affected
Trucking and transportation officials have a message for fleets and drivers who are thinking about traveling through Delaware, Pennsylvania or New Jersey on the weekend of Sept. 25: Don鈥檛 do it, if you can avoid it.
September 7, 2015