About聽91% of police accident reports contain enough information to determine fault in a truck-related crash, but assessing whether a truck and driver were at fault in a crash does not appear to improve the ability to predict crash risk when all crashes are considered, according to a long-awaited study unveiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
January 21, 2015GovernmentBusinessFuel
DeFazio Names Ranking Dems For T&I Subcommittees
Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has announced which T&I Democrats will be the ranking members on the subcommittees.
January 21, 2015GovernmentBusiness
Sen. Inhofe: 鈥榃e Need to Have At Least鈥 a Five-Year Transportation Bill
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the transportation policy-writing Environment and Public Works committee, said he will ask senators to consider a variety of funding proposals to advance a five-year highway bill this year.
January 21, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Obama to Congress: 鈥楶ass a Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan鈥
In his State of the Union address Jan. 20, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that his administration is determined to finance big-ticket infrastructure projects with Congress鈥 help to boost key industries such as trucking and construction.聽
January 20, 2015Government
McMurry Elected Ga. DOT Commissioner
The Georgia Transportation Board elected Russell McMurry as the state鈥檚 transportation commissioner, effective immediately, the board said in a Jan. 20 statement.
January 20, 2015GovernmentBusiness
House Fields Bill to Speed Decisions on LNG Export Terminals
A House Republican from Ohio introduced a bill to expedite decision-making on permits for the construction of liquefied natural gas export terminals.
January 20, 2015GovernmentBusinessAutonomous
Wash. DOT Unveils Software to Help Truckers Avoid Low Bridges
Truck drivers planning their routes in the Evergreen State now have access to information online to help them avoid bridges that are too low for their vehicles to clear.
January 20, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Mexican Trucks OK for US Roads Based on Safety Data, Foxx Says
The United States will grant operating authority to longhaul Mexican carriers that meet the financial and operating standards for U.S. truckers, the Department of Transportation announced, three months after a pilot program for such carriers ended.
January 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
More Than 1,000 Mexican Carriers Held Authority to Operate in US Before Border Opened
Contained in the U.S. Department of Transportation鈥檚 announcement of permitting Mexican carriers to run in the United States was a report that showed about 1,000 Mexican carriers already have longhaul operating authority here.
January 19, 2015BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment
TT Archives: U.S. Department of Transportation Starts
Pictured in this issue of 聽Transport Topics, DOT鈥檚 first secretary, Alan S. Boyd, celebrated the department's first official day of operation on April 1, 1967, by riding in the hot air balloon 鈥淕olden Bear鈥 with balloonist Don Piccard.
January 19, 2015