The Department of Transportation said its freight transportation services index fell 8.5% in April from a year earlier to its lowest level in seven years.
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Safety Begins Behind the Wheel
An emphasis on driver behavior runs through an 18-point plan developed by American Trucking Associations to reduce crashes involving cars and trucks. Chilling statistics illuminate why this kind of focus is essential.
June 15, 2009Coalition Urges Congress to Curb Oil Speculation
A coalition of industry groups including American Trucking Associations petitioned congressional leaders to pass legislation to rein in 鈥渆xcessive speculation and opaque trading activity鈥 in oil markets.
June 15, 2009Teamsters Considering Reopening Labor Deal With YRC to Help Carrier Conserve Cash
The Teamsters union, which already has agreed to pay cuts for workers it represents at YRC Worldwide Inc., said it is considering whether to reopen its labor contract to help the less-than-truckload carrier conserve cash.
June 15, 2009Hodges Says Cap-and-Trade Plan Threatens Trucking鈥檚 Viability
A House cap-and-trade energy bill would 鈥渁dd another layer of volatility鈥 to the already erratic price of diesel fuel that could jeopardize the economic viability of trucking companies, Tommy Hodges, first vice chairman of American Trucking Associations, said last week.
June 15, 2009Industry Supports Selection of Ferro to Lead FMCSA
Trucking industry groups closed ranks in support of Anne Ferro to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, after the Teamsters union and a handful of advocacy groups said they opposed her nomination.
June 15, 2009Stimulus Funds Move Unevenly
Federal funds to stimulate highway projects are moving in fits and starts through the bureaucratic funding pipeline, delivering new work for some fleets while others get no benefit from the $26.7 billion economic recovery effort.
June 15, 2009Navistar Says EPA Favored SCR by Setting Guideline Illegally
Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. last week leveled new allegations against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accusing the federal regulator of privately and illegally giving its competitors the green light to deploy a selective catalyst reduction emission control technology that could be implemented only with an 鈥渋llegal relaxation鈥 of EPA鈥檚 2010 nitrogen oxide emission standard.
June 15, 2009ATA Calls for Federal Action on Highway Safety Agenda
WASHINGTON 鈥 American Trucking Associations has called on Congress and the Department of Transportation to back an 18-point plan to reduce truck-involved crashes, with a particular emphasis on driver behavior.
June 15, 2009Oil Rises Over $72 a Barrel
Oil rose past $72 a barrel in after-hours trading Wednesday for the first time in seven months, Bloomberg reported.
June 11, 2009