A coalition of advocacy groups including Public Citizen and the Teamsters union has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider key provisions of its controversial hours-of-service rule.
December 18, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Rep. Ray LaHood Is Obama鈥檚 Choice for DOT Secretary
President-elect Barack Obama is set to name retiring Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood as his transportation secretary, several news outlets reported.
December 18, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
FMCSA Sets Intermodal Chassis 鈥楻oadability鈥 Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Wednesday issued a new rule that it said will 鈥渟ignificantly strengthen safety requirements鈥 for intermodal container chassis.
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Opinion: Trucking and the New Administration
Election day has come and gone, and regardless of political persuasion, the optimist in each of us hopes President-elect Barack Obama鈥檚 administration heralds an uplifting and more positive era of government.
December 17, 2008BusinessSafety
AAA Forecasts a Decrease in Christmas Holiday Travel
There will be a slight decline in the number of Americans traveling during the Christmas holiday period compared with last year, first such decline in six years, according to the motorists鈥 group AAA.
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Letters to the Editor: EOBR Mandate; Auto Bridge Loan; Broker Legislation; Medical Certificates
Onboard recording devices are the future. Successful use of these devices . . . does not eliminate cheating on the logs, in spite of anything Joan what鈥檚-her-name thinks. Ask any driver [at a company that uses them].
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Fed Cuts Rate to Record Low 鈥楾arget Range鈥 of Zero to 0.25%
The Federal Reserve Tuesday cut聽the key U.S. interest rate to a 鈥渢arget range鈥 of zero to 0.25%, a record low.
December 16, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelTechnologyEquipment
EPA to Require Sensors For Emissions in 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final rule requiring heavy-truck manufacturers to install onboard diagnostic systems starting in 2010 to alert drivers when engine emission systems are malfunctioning or deteriorating.
December 15, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Calif. Sets Strict Diesel Emissions Rule
The California Air Resources Board Friday adopted the strictest diesel emission standards in the nation, requiring expensive diesel particulate filters on rigs on a timetable, over objections the rule could hurt or shut down smaller trucking companies, the Associated Press reported.
December 15, 2008BusinessGovernmentSafety
Obama鈥檚 Infrastructure Proposal Draws Trucking Industry Praise
President-elect Barack Obama鈥檚 promise to sponsor the largest infrastructure-building program in more than 50 years has excited trucking officials, who also encouraged the new administration not to overlook the longer-term highway spending package due next year.
December 15, 2008