WASHINGTON 鈥 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
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Opinion: Proud to Be Head Cheerleader for ATA鈥檚 Agenda
Being chairman of American Trucking Associations is a tremendous honor 鈥 the capstone of a career in trucking that began for me many decades ago.
October 26, 2015Michigan House Passes Roads Plan
Michigan鈥檚 House of Representatives wants to fix the state's roads with a combination of higher gas taxes and vehicle registration fees, and $600 million from the state鈥檚 general fund.
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October 22, 2015Nebraska Forms Transportation Task Force
Nebraska has put together a task force to focus on state transportation issues.
October 22, 2015Lawmakers in Deal on Extending Rail Safety Deadline
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives and Senate have reached an agreement to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for railroads to implement new safety technology, a leading Republican senator said Oct. 20.
October 21, 2015Great Scott! 鈥楤ack to the Future鈥 Innovations Are Possible by Passing Highway Bills, DOT Says
The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on 鈥渇lyways,鈥 hover-boards and hover-conversion kits听鈥 innovations featured in 鈥淏ack to the Future II鈥澨 if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.
October 21, 2015DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan
The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.
October 19, 2015NHTSA Grants Petition on Collision-Avoidance Systems
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has granted a petition for rulemaking filed by several safety groups that could be the first step toward adoption of a proposed mandate to require automatic forward collision systems on heavy vehicles.
October 19, 2015Industry Rejects CSA Study Defending Crash-Risk Data
Despite ongoing trucking industry concerns over the crash predictability of the federal government鈥檚 Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, regulators have released a new report they say confirms CSA is doing a good job of identifying unsafe motor carriers.
October 19, 2015Diesel Jumps 6.4垄 to $2.556;Gasoline Rises 1.9垄 to $2.337
The average price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 6.4 cents a gallon to $2.556, the largest increase in more than two years, the Department of Energy reported.
October 19, 2015