Mike Joyce, announced on Feb. 16 as American Trucking Associations’ senior vice president of legislative affairs, brings a range of experience to his new position. Joyce has spent all but two of the 22-plus years since his graduation from Gettysburg College working for members of Congress or as a lobbyist for trucking concerns.
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Editorial: Section 611 Makes Good Sense
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is debating aviation policy in the form of the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act, or AIRR Act, and a sliver of the 273-page bill concerns trucking.
February 15, 2016CP’s Quest for Norfolk Southern Intensifies
MIAMI — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Norfolk Southern Corp. have upped the stakes in a $30 billion battle for control of the U.S. railway, as the potential acquirer said it would take its case directly to NS shareholders.
February 15, 2016NTSB Rips FMCSA on Crash
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was publicly criticized by the National Transportation Safety Board for “inadequate safety oversight of high-risk carriers” after an investigation of a fatal crash in Illinois in which fatigue was blamed.
February 15, 2016R.I. Gov. Signs Truck-Toll Plan; Industry Threatens Legal Action
The Rhode Island Senate took less than three hours Feb. 11 to approve Gov. Gina Raimondo’s RhodeWorks proposal, which includes truck-only tolls, one day after the House of Representatives debated the issue seven hours before signing off on the measure.
February 15, 2016Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Legislators Agree on I-66 Proposal
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and key legislators from both parties and both chambers announced Feb. 10 that they have agreed on a plan to add a third lane to a 4-mile eastbound stretch of Interstate 66 from the Dulles Airport Connector Road to Arlington inside the Capital Beltway.
February 11, 2016West Virginia Supreme Court to Take Up Morgantown Truck Ban
The West Virginia Supreme Court will take up Morgantown’s truck ban when it comes to the WVU College of Law on March 1.
February 11, 2016Rhode Island Approves Truck Tolling Plan
The Rhode Island Senate approved Gov. Gina Raimondo's RhodeWorks proposal by a 25-12 vote Feb. 11, authorizing toll collection on heavy-duty tractor-trailers to fund bridge repairs in the state. Shortly thereafter, Raimondo signed the bill into law.
February 12, 2016Provision Affecting Meal, Rest Breaks Clears First Hurdle in House
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee members voted Feb. 11 to keep a provision tucked in an aviation reform bill that would prevent states from enacting laws requiring trucking companies to schedule meal-and-rest breaks for truck drivers or pay drivers by the hour.
February 11, 2016California Man Charged With Counterfeiting TWIC Cards
A Porter Ranch, California, man has been arrested for allegedly running an illegal “document mill” that cranked out fake IDs, including Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, allowing access to sensitive areas such as the port of Los Angeles, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Feb. 5.
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