Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to revive the cross-border trucking program with Mexico that lets some carriers from that country deliver goods into the United States beyond a set border zone, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009BusinessGovernment
Sen. Specter Opposes Card Check Bill
Sen. Arlen Specter, the only Republican senator to support the Employee Free Choice Act when it was debated two years ago, said Tuesday he would vote against the legislation, the Associated Press reported.
March 24, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
EPA Eyes Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency may seek to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009Government
Mass. Pushes Turnpike Toll Hikes to July
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board voted Monday to delay a toll increase that was to take effect this weekend, postponing it to July 1, the Associated Press reported.
March 24, 2009GovernmentBusiness
N.Y.-N.J. Port Sees First Decline in 15 Years
Container traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell last year for the first time in 15 years, the Associated Press reported.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentEquipment
Obama Views New Hybrid Trucks in California
President Obama visited a California center featuring new hybrid trucks Friday, including plug-in hybrid with an engine developed by Eaton Corp. and the Electric Power Research Institute.
March 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Alabama Gov. Signs Steel-Coil Control Law
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) signed into law a measure requiring truck drivers transporting steel coils to be properly trained so that coils are tied down securely, according to the governor’s Web site.
March 23, 2009BusinessLogisticsGovernment
Gas Dips 1¢ to $1.95, Lundberg Says
The national average price of regular gasoline fell by a penny over the past two weeks to $1.95 a gallon, the first decline of the year, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 23, 2009BusinessGovernment
Mexico Retaliates With Tariffs After U.S. Halts Border Program
Just days after Congress and the Obama administration shut down the controversial cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico, government officials there struck back last week, imposing new tariffs on about 90 U.S. products valued at about $2.4 billion.
March 23, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelEquipment
EPA to OK Copper Zeolite for SCR, Cummins Says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cummins Inc. said it is confident the Environmental Protection Agency will approve the company’s use of copper zeolite in engines de-signed to meet 2010 emission rules, removing any potential roadblock for the new models.
March 23, 2009