Mike Joyce, announced on Feb. 16 as American Trucking Associations’ senior vice president of legislative affairs, brings a range of experience to his new position. Joyce has spent all but two of the 22-plus years since his graduation from Gettysburg College working for members of Congress or as a lobbyist for trucking concerns.
February 16, 2016Government
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Proposes Slashing N.Y. Truck Registration, Decal Fees
In the wake of the Jan. 22 ruling by New York’s Supreme Court that the state's highway user registration and decal fees for trucks were unconstitutional, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Feb. 12 offered an amendment to his proposed budget that drops those fees from a combined $19 to $1.50.
February 16, 2016GovernmentBusiness
ATA Working to Avoid Inadvertent Elimination of HOS Restart Rule
An omission in the fiscal 2016 omnibus funding bill would require federal regulators to eliminate an hours-of-service restart rule that took effect in 2013 if a federal study of the rule fails to show it has safety benefits, according to a spokesman for American Trucking Associations.
February 16, 2016PerspectiveBusinessSafetyGovernment
Opinion: Recruiting Should Be a Top Priority
Communication and team building are two ideas or points of emphasis that all successful transportation firms need to understand and utilize.
February 15, 2016EditorialBusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Editorial: Section 611 Makes Good Sense
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is debating aviation policy in the form of the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act, or AIRR Act, and a sliver of the 273-page bill concerns trucking.
February 15, 2016GovernmentBusiness
Obama Budget Would Boost Transport
New infrastructure projects would be funded through a significant new tax on oil companies, according to President Obama’s fiscal 2017 budget request.
February 15, 2016GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment
Training Crucial for ELDs, FMCSA Official Says
DALLAS — Driver training on electronic logging devices will play an essential role in helping to smooth the trucking industry’s transition to the federally mandated technology, an official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told an audience of carriers and technology providers.
February 15, 2016GovernmentBusiness
R.I. Gov. Signs Truck-Toll Plan; Industry Threatens Legal Action
The Rhode Island Senate took less than three hours Feb. 11 to approve Gov. Gina Raimondo’s RhodeWorks proposal, which includes truck-only tolls, one day after the House of Representatives debated the issue seven hours before signing off on the measure.
February 15, 2016BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
NTSB Rips FMCSA on Crash
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was publicly criticized by the National Transportation Safety Board for “inadequate safety oversight of high-risk carriers” after an investigation of a fatal crash in Illinois in which fatigue was blamed.
February 15, 2016BusinessGovernmentSafetyLogistics
CP’s Quest for Norfolk Southern Intensifies
MIAMI — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Norfolk Southern Corp. have upped the stakes in a $30 billion battle for control of the U.S. railway, as the potential acquirer said it would take its case directly to NS shareholders.
February 15, 2016