PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A toll-financed Rhode Island bridge repair program moved closer to reality Jan. 5 as Gov. Gina Raimondo relented to General Assembly leaders' demands to disclose the locations for proposed toll gantries, releasing them minutes after the House and Senate convened their first sessions of 2016.
January 6, 2016Government
Service Companies Outpace Manufacturers, Sustaining Economy
American service companies continued to outperform their manufacturing counterparts in December as orders and employment picked up, indicating the world’s largest economy will keep expanding this year.
January 6, 2016Government
FMCSA Orders Land Air Express of New England to Cease Operations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Land Air Express of New England, a regional less-than-truckload carrier based in Williston, Vermont, to cease operating after it said the company failed to submit a plan to rectify unspecified violations following a recent safety audit.
January 5, 2016Government
CVSA Reports CMV Drivers Speed One-Third as Often as Passenger Car Drivers
Commercial motor vehicle drivers were three times less likely to speed than passenger vehicle drivers according to the results of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s ninth annual Operation Safe Driver Week.
January 5, 2016GovernmentBusiness
TAG Truck Center Plans $20 Million Development at Former Mall Site
A Memphis, Tennessee-based freight truck dealership plans to build a $20 million center on the old Mall of Memphis property it recently purchased for $3.9 million.
January 4, 2016Government
Drug Test Rate Cut to 25%
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced it has lowered the minimum random drug-testing rate for truck drivers to 25% from 50% for 2016, a decision expected to save the industry millions of dollars in operational expenses.
January 4, 2016BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Freight Growth Seen Despite Driver Woes; Government Turns Attention to Regulations
Trucking companies are likely to see a continuation of moderate business growth in 2016 as the shortage of qualified drivers keeps a lid on fleet expansion, analysts said.
January 4, 2016Government
P3s Are Popular Funding Method in Canada; US DOT Takes Steps to Promote Option
While nine public-private partnerships for transportation had their financial closing in Canada in 2015, only three such infrastructure projects did the same in the United States, whose population is nine times as large.
January 4, 2016BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
George Washington’s Battle Experience Led to First National Road for Freight
FORT NECESSITY, Pa. — Dwight Eisenhower is often cited for the major role he played in making surface transportation an important federal responsibility, but the idea didn’t start with Ike. It goes back to the first popular general-turned-president — George Washington.
January 4, 2016BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
Highway Law, Acquisitions, Technology Highlight a Historic Year in Trucking
Historians may look back at 2015 as the most important year for the U.S. trucking industry since deregulation in 1980.
December 30, 2015