The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and another nonprofit a grant designed to help improve the response to hazardous materials transportation accidents around the country.聽
October 12, 2016BusinessGovernmentTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics
European Package Carrier Expands in US With Purchase of Golden State Overnight
General Logistics Systems B.V., a parcel delivery firm based in Amsterdam and with operations throughout Europe, is expanding in the United States with the purchase of Golden State Overnight for $90 million.
October 12, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafety
Transportation Groups Urge Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump to Ensure Long-Term Highway Funding
The next president of the United States must press ahead with a plan that ensures the long-term sustainability of the Highway Trust Fund, nearly three dozen transportation groups wrote to the nominees of the two major parties last week.
October 11, 2016BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
FMCSA Proposes Changes to Scoring System For Motor Carriers, Seeks Public Feedback
Federal trucking regulators are previewing proposals that would modify a program that measures the safety performance of motor carriers on the nation鈥檚 highways.
October 10, 2016BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
FHWA Gives Go-Ahead to R.I.鈥檚 Plan That Allows for Truck-Only Tolling
Rhode Island can proceed with its controversial truck-only tolling plan after receiving the go-ahead from the Federal Highway Administration, the state鈥檚 Department of Transportation announced Oct. 5.
October 10, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelAutonomous
Trucking, Oil Industry Groups Lose Challenge to Minnesota Biodiesel Mandate
A U.S. District Court judge in Minnesota has shot down an attempt by trucking, automotive and oil industry groups to abolish the state鈥檚 requirement that diesel sold at the pump contain at least 10% biofuel.
October 5, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafety
September Was Wisconsin鈥檚 Safest in 70 Years
Wisconsin鈥檚 Department of Transportation reported Oct. 4 that the state鈥檚 45 traffic deaths in September were the fewest in that month since the end of World War II.
October 4, 2016GovernmentBusinessSafety
States Receive $20 Million in Pipeline Safety Grants
Grants totaling $20 million will be distributed to state agencies so they may improve their strategies for dealing with transportation accidents involving hazardous materials, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced Oct. 3.
October 4, 2016PerspectiveBusinessSafety
Opinion: Making an Impact With a Positive Message
Sinatra didn鈥檛 play to an empty auditorium in Vegas. Ali didn鈥檛 become the heavyweight champion of the world with just the referee and opponent in the room. If Bruce Springsteen sang 鈥淏orn in the USA鈥 in front of thousands of empty seats, would the impact be the same?
October 3, 2016BusinessSafetyAutonomous
ATA鈥檚 New Leadership to Share Vision for Federation at Annual Conference
This week鈥檚 annual Management Conference & Exhibition, hosted by American Trucking Associations, is expected to draw a record number of attendees, including industry leaders and some of the most influential federal regulators.
October 3, 2016