Congress will not pass a new transportation bill, nor will it address the long-term funding crisis undermining the nation鈥檚 infrastructure, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
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T&I Panel to Look at International P3s Models
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee鈥檚 Panel on Public-Private Partnerships on April 8 is scheduled to examine business studies involving international companies that worked with national firms to devise plans to fund and maintain infrastructure projects.
April 4, 2014Opinion: Fuel-Economy Rules and Used-Truck Pricing
By now, you鈥檙e well aware of President Obama鈥檚 announcement that he will direct the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to set the next 鈥 i.e., the post-2018 鈥 round of medium- and heavy-truck fuel economy and emissions standards.
April 7, 2014More Tolls Could Boost Highway Funding, Reason Foundation Says
Tolling drivers along Interstate highways would help states come up with the additional funding they need to fix and maintain aging infrastructure, the libertarian think tank Reason Foundation argues in a recent report.
April 4, 2014FMCSA to Have Enough Medical Examiners When Regulation Takes Effect, Official Says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remains confident there will be an adequate number of certified medical examiners in six weeks when the U.S. government supplants individual states鈥 approaches to truck drivers鈥 physical exams, an agency official said.
April 7, 2014Ferro Hears From Truckers, Again Defends HOS Restart
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, heard the concerns of truck drivers, fleet owners and brokers about such issues as electronic logging and knowledge testing for newcomers, as well as the controversial hours-of-service restart provision during the Mid-America Trucking Show here.
April 7, 2014Colorado Governor Signs Protection Measure for Truckers
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) has signed into law a measure that makes the state the 40th to protect truckers from contracts that force them to assume total liability for accidents whether they are at fault.
April 3, 2014ISM Services Index Rises in March
The Institute for Supply Management鈥檚 nonmanufacturing index rose to 53.1 in March from 51.6 the prior month, the Tempe, Ariz.-based group said April 3.
April 3, 2014FMCSA Shuts Down Illinois Carrier
Federal transportation safety regulators ordered an Illinois trucking company to cease its commercial operations after an investigation found drivers were on the road for long stretches of time that posed an 鈥渋mminent hazard to public safety.鈥
April 3, 2014House Panel Advances Ryan Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON 鈥 A House plan put forth by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would mandate that transfers made to the Highway Trust Fund 鈥 a main source of federal aid to states for road and transit programs that is months away from running out of money 鈥 would have to come from savings in accounts elsewhere in the budget.
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