Transportation Compliance News
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鈥檚 happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.
LaHood Rejects Fuel Tax Hike After Urging Funding Creativity
WASHINGTON 鈥 Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said federal officials should explore all options to finance infrastructure, but he later strongly rejected a fuel tax increase, at least while the economy is in recession.
March 2, 2009Class 8 Truck Fleet Grew in 4Q Following 1st Decline, Polk Says
The number of Class 8 trucks operating in the United States increased by 60,000 at the end of the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reversing the first-ever decline of 17,000 that research firm R.L. Polk & Co. reported at the end of the third quarter.
March 2, 2009Carriers Cut Costs With Specialized Tires
As the needs of trucking companies become more specialized, so do the tires they are running. Over the past decade, available tire options have increased, meaning fleets can choose the tires best suited for their specific applications.
March 2, 2009Obama鈥檚 Call for Cap-and-Trade a Concern for ATA Chairman
President Obama called on Congress to approve legislation creating a cap-and-trade system aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Obama spoke on Feb. 24 to Congress in a joint session and invited spectators, who included the chairman of American Trucking Associations.
March 2, 2009FedEx鈥檚 Smith Calls for More Development of Electric Vehicles in Regional Shipments
WASHINGTON 鈥 Passenger cars and even some trucks moving short distances in the United States need to switch to electric battery power from gasoline or diesel, FedEx Corp. founder Frederick Smith told the National Press Club here Feb. 23.
March 2, 2009So. Calif. Ports Reduce Rail Container Fees in Attempt to Help Firms Weather Downturn
Concerned about losing market share to other West Coast ports, harbor commissioners with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have voted to cut their rail container fees by 10%.
March 2, 2009Congressmen Back LaHood in Dispute Over VMT Comment
ARLINGTON, Va. 鈥 Congressional leaders from both parties last week defended Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood after a spokesman for President Obama rebuffed LaHood鈥檚 suggestion that the government might use a vehicle miles-traveled tax to finance highways.
March 2, 2009Engine Makers Defend SCR Against 鈥楿nsubstantiated Claims鈥
Truck engine makers planning to use selective catalytic reduction in 2010 engines lashed out last week against what one executive called 鈥渦nsubstantiated attacks leveled against SCR鈥 by the one manufacturer that plans to use only exhaust gas recirculation to cut emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides.
March 2, 2009Trucks Gain Market Share From Intermodal
Motor carriers, locked in a fight for freight in an imploding market, are taking some business away from rail intermodal with help from lower fuel prices, an industry analyst said.
March 2, 2009ATA Outraged By Fees; Proposes Ending UCR
In response to a proposal to more than double annual registration fees on interstate trucking companies, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said the program created to collect and distribute the fees should be abolished.
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