The next chairman of a key Senate transportation panel said federal lawmakers should 鈥渓ook at all the options鈥 to keep infrastructure projects funded in the coming years.
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Key GOP Senator Plans to Advance 5-Year Highway Funding Bill in 2015
The Senate Republican expected to take over a key transportation panel Jan. 6 said he plans to advance a five-year highway bill to ensure there鈥檚 funding for infrastructure projects that benefit the trucking industry.
January 5, 2015FMCSA to Keep Random Drug Testing Level at 50% in 2015
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced that the trucking industry will have to continue randomly testing at least 50% of its drivers for drug and alcohol use during 2015.
December 31, 2014FRP Board Approves Spinoff of Trucking Unit
FRP Holdings Inc., which owns real estate and trucking businesses, said its board has approved the spinoff of the trucking operation to be known as New Patriot.
December 31, 2014Truck-Crash Deaths Inch Up
Highway fatalities from truck-involved crashes on U.S. roads rose by 0.5% in 2013, while injuries declined to 95,000 from 104,000, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.
January 5, 2015House Democratic Leaders Want Keystone Vetted in Committee, Not on Floor
The incoming ranking Democrats on three House committees with jurisdiction over Keystone XL pipeline bills have asked Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) not to bypass the committee process by going straight to the floor for a vote on what they called an issue of such magnitude.
December 31, 2014Gas Tax 'Off the Table' as Highway Funding Option, Shuster Says
House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has ruled out higher fuel taxes or taxing miles traveled to pay for transportation, an announcement that narrows the options for a new road funding bill in 2015.
December 30, 2014Collins Defends Change to Restart Requirements
Federal data shows that the accident rate for trucks is higher during morning peak traffic, one of the reasons the 34-hour restart requirement in the federal hours-of-service rule was suspended pending further study, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said in an op-ed column for the Bangor Daily News.
December 29, 2014Not Enough Data to Project Mexican Drivers as Safe For Longhaul, Report Concludes
The pilot program that allowed Mexican trucks to run in the United States for three years didn鈥檛 yield enough results to determine the program鈥檚 worthiness, said a report from the Inspector General within the U.S. Department of Transportation.
December 29, 2014U.S. Attorneys Crack Down on Brokerage Schemes in Illinois, New York
The U.S. departments of Transportation and Justice announced two legal actions aimed at bogus freight brokers operating improperly: a guilty plea in Illinois and an indictment in New York.
December 29, 2014