President Obama on June 26 nominated Christopher Hart to be the next chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear OOIDA Cross-Border Trucking Case
For the second time in five months, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association challenging the legality of a federal cross-border pilot program allowing some Mexican trucks to operate in the United States.
June 25, 2014Sen. Boxer Backs Democrats’ Trust Fund Patch, Urges Action On Highway Funding
The Senate’s top transportation leader expressed her support for a $9 billion plan to provide a short-term funding boost for a federal highway account, a day before a Senate committee’s consideration of the plan.
June 25, 2014Wisconsin Truckers Choose Kedzie to Succeed Howells
Neal Kedzie will become president of the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association as of July 1, the trucking organization announced. He will succeed Tom Howells, who is retiring.
June 25, 2014Economy Shrank in First Quarter by Most in Five Years
The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter by the most since the depths of the last recession as consumer spending cooled.
June 25, 2014Sen. Carper to Propose Gas Tax Increase at June 26 Trust Fund Hearing
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) said he plans to propose an increase to the national gas tax as a way to generate money for transportation projects when the Senate Finance Committee meets to advance a short-term boost for a federal highway account.
June 25, 2014P3 Panel Chairman Encourages Private Assistance for Infrastructure Projects
The head of a special House panel on public-private partnerships indicated earlier this month his intent to push his congressional transportation colleagues to support programs that augment the role of banks and private firms to support certain infrastructure projects.
June 25, 2014Sen. Wyden Proposes Increase to Truck Tax for Trust Fund Short-Term Fix
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee offered a draft proposal June 24 that would increase a tax on heavy trucks as a means of keeping the federal highway account solvent through the end of the year.
June 24, 2014Consumer Confidence Index Rises in June
The Conference Board’s index of U.S. consumer confidence increased to 85.2 in June from 82.2 a month earlier, the New York-based private research group said.
June 24, 2014Washington Opens Additional Lane on Road Destroyed by Mudslide
A second lane has been opened on Washington’s Route 530, the timber highway buried by a mudslide in March that killed 42 people.
June 25, 2014