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Hazmat Transport Act Reauthorization Lacks Urgency

New federal regulations for transporting hazardous materials have been proposed, drafted and debated since 1994, yet those efforts appear no closer to fruition than they did eight years ago.

June 7, 2002

Searching for the Best of the Best

Transport Topics needs your help in identifying drivers who have accumulated 4 million or more accident-free miles for a special report.

June 7, 2002

Bush to Make 91ÊÓÆµland Security Office Cabinet Level

Congressional Democrats are hailing President Bush’s proposal to create a new Cabinet-level Department of 91ÊÓÆµland Security that will cut a swathe through eight existing agencies and draw from scores of other offices dealing with intelligence, border security and related responsibilities, news services reported.

June 6, 2002

‘Truck Freeway’ Plan Attracts Qualified Support

A plan for "truck freeways" on interstate highways that would allow heavier, longer trucks, but would keep them apart from cars, has drawn a measure of qualified support from the American Trucking Associations.

June 6, 2002

Mexican Freight Handlers Warily Eye U.S. Competition

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Mexican carriers and brokers here say they don’t want U.S. trucks to cross into Mexico and compete against them in a business they have carefully cultivated for 100 years.

June 6, 2002

Letter to the Editor: No to Discounts

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Since deregulation of the trucking industry, discounted pricing has been rampant, spreading from the LTL segment to every area of the industry today.

June 6, 2002

News Briefs - June 6

R.I. Gov. Vetoes 2-Cent Fuel Tax Hike • Steamship Exemption Hurts Truckers, Hoffa says • Rebound Pace Subdued, Fed's Broaddus Says • OPEC Secretary Says Crude Oil Prices May Fall • nd more...

June 6, 2002

ATA to Seek Delay in Engine Decrees

The American Trucking Associations will seek to postpone – or lessen the effects of – an Oct. 1, 2002 deadline for new, lower-emitting truck engines dictated by a series of 1998 consent decrees.

June 5, 2002

DOT Opens Bids on Plan to Study Hazmat Security

The Department of Transportation plans to award a two-year, $2.5 million contract to study technology that could enhance the security of hazardous materials shipments.

June 5, 2002

U.S. Seeks Ways to Safely Transport Radioactive Waste to Yucca Mountain

With President Bush’s approval in February of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the nation’s permanent disposal site for spent nuclear fuel rods, the battle is now joined over how the material will be transported to the underground repository, scheduled to begin operation in 2010.

June 5, 2002

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