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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

Government

China Clears UPS, FedEx to Operate as Couriers

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. have won licenses to begin domestic courier operations in China, Bloomberg reported.

September 11, 2012
GovernmentSafety

Groups Call on Congress to Fund Highway Safety Grants

Two prominent groups called on Congress to support the nation’s priority highway safety grant program when it considers federal funding legislation, saying that failure to do so would result in increased highway deaths and injuries.

September 11, 2012
EditorialGovernmentBusiness

Editorial: Bickering Yields Sour Fruit

The political bickering that has engulfed much of the federal government over the past months and months is apparently weighing heavily on the nation’s economy.

September 10, 2012
PerspectiveGovernment

Opinion: Remembering Canada’s Early Truckers

The Canadian Trucking Alliance, that country’s national trucking group, along with the provincial trucking associations, celebrated Canada’s National Trucking Week this year on Sept. 2-8. The weeklong observance honored the 400,000 Canadian men and women who keep the country’s freight moving.

September 10, 2012
BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

Lax Oversight Hurting Pilot Program Involving Mexican Trucks, FMCSA Told

The ongoing pilot program that allows approved Mexican fleets into the interior of the United States suffers from lax oversight that does not sufficiently ensure compliance with the program’s requirements, a federal auditor said in a report released last week.

September 10, 2012
Government

Executives Say Political Uncertainty Adds to Challenging Environment

NEW YORK — The wavering economy and mounting political uncertainty are combining to intensify the trucking’s struggle to maintain growth, industry executives and experts said.

September 10, 2012
Government

ISM Manufacturing Index Falls to Three-Year Low

U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a three-year low in August, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

September 4, 2012
GovernmentBusiness

Construction Spending Drops in July

Construction spending fell in July for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

September 4, 2012
GovernmentBusiness

EPA Air Regulatory Official Stepping Down

Margo Oge, the high-level official for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who has spearheaded the agency’s efforts to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector, is retiring from the agency where she worked for more than three decades.

September 4, 2012
Letters to the EditorGovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Letter: Do the Right Thing

Let me understand you correctly: If a driver runs out of time 30 minutes from the yard and is on an electronic onboard recorder, “He either spends the night 20 miles from home or, more likely, breaks the law and comes to the yard anyway.â€

September 3, 2012