Not long after Greg Thomas became deputy secretary of Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet in February, the organization’s leadership gathered for a meeting.
June 14, 2016GovernmentBusinessFuel
Senate Clears Pipeline Safety Bill
The Senate on June 13 cleared a bill that would direct federal regulators to implement a series of pipeline safety mandates.
June 14, 2016GovernmentBusinessTechnology
Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 14: Patience, Darling
Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Apparently it won't include a confirmation hearing for Scott Darling, nominated as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
June 14, 2016GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Border Rail Line to Connect US, Mexico
A new company will take over repairs and eventual operations of the beleaguered Desert Line railroad, clearing the way for work to begin this summer and for trains to move goods made in Mexico into the United States in 2018.
June 13, 2016PerspectiveBusinessGovernmentSafety
Opinion: Safety Is About Big Understanding, Not Big Data
Many years ago, when I was new to transportation safety, our team crafted five tenets for safety success:
June 13, 2016GovernmentBusiness
ATA's Bob Costello: Economy to Stay Weak
Trucking should expect a generally weak economy in 2016, though the long-standing inventory glut should ease in a few months to make the freight market feel better than today’s uninspiring conditions, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said.
June 13, 2016Government
DUI Case Exposes Gaps in Safety Screening
On a late afternoon in March, state troopers found truck driver Yakov Zaverukha lying on his back in a mud puddle beside his big rig that was stuck in a ditch just off Interstate 57 in central Illinois.
June 13, 2016Government
DOT’s Anthony Foxx Says CSA Scores to Be Public Again in 2 Years
WASHINGTON — It will be about two years before Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores will be available again for public view, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.
June 13, 2016GovernmentBusiness
Relief Plan Offered for R.I. In-State Commercial Truck Owners
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A legislative session that began in winter with Governor Gina Raimondo's push for controversial new truck tolls is nearing an end with a $6 million relief package for in-state commercial truck owners.
June 12, 2016Government
California Judge Rules Against CARB
A California Superior Court Judge has ruled that the state’s air-quality regulators didn’t take into account the economic impact on trucking firms that had complied with their rules when when they voted in April 2014 to allow other carriers to remain noncomplaint for two years.
June 10, 2016