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Tennessee Transportation Commissioner John Schroer beat the drum of impending road funding woes at a UTC Engineers Week kickoff lunch Feb. 22 while taking light shots at local legislators over their reluctance to back a potential state gas tax hike.

Two House Democrats have urged the Obama Administration to follow up passage of a long-term transportation funding law by initiating a grant program that will ensure that states have as much time as possible to test various future funding alternatives to the federal fuel tax.

A five-year, $305 billion highway policy bill that would reform a safety performance scoring program for motor carriers and establish a grant program for national freight projects has been scheduled for a vote on the House floor Dec. 3.

The U.S. Senate easily agreed to delay approval of twin 33-foot trailers nationwide, a key provision in a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill.

The House on Nov. 4 easily defeated an effort by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) to keep safety performance scores for motor carriers public while federal regulators review the program responsible for the scoring.

WASHINGTON — The House on Nov. 3 rejected an effort by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) aimed at allowing states to increase weight limits for trucks; watch video of the floor debate.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s safety performance rating scores for motor carriers would remain available to the public while the scoring program is reviewed under an amendment proposed by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) to a multiyear highway bill on the House floor.

Transport Topics' Eugene Mulero is joined by CQ Roll Call transportation reporter Kellie Mejdrich for a video breakdown of the process by which the House of Representatives will approach debate over the reauthorization of the highway funding bill, along with amendments that are key to trucking's interests.