(Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.) New York state lawmakers are bucking at a plan backed by both Gov. Eliot Spitzer and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for new “congestion fees” on cars and trucks that operate in the heart of the city during peak business hours, news reports said Friday.
June 22, 2007BusinessGovernment
Investors Wait for Economic Growth to Reignite Trucking
Investors in trucking stocks, who watched share prices fall in the second half of 2006 and rebound this spring, are now waiting for a verdict on the U.S. economy.
June 25, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelEquipment
OEMs Promote Disc Brakes as 2007 Option
Class 8 truck makers said they are offering electronically controlled air disc brakes as an option in 2007 models, promoting them as safer and easier to maintain than the drum brakes most U.S. heavy trucks use.
June 25, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Senate Passes Energy Bill
The Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill late Thursday that raises average auto fuel efficiency standards, but the measure did not include a tax on oil companies that would have boosted alternative fuel development, Agence France-Press reported.
June 22, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics
CTA Cites Border Concerns
The Canadian Trucking Alliance said it sees some positives in the U.S. cross-border passport rules, but still has concerns about the implications for cross-border truck traffic between the United States and Canada.
June 22, 2007BusinessGovernment
Philadelphia Factory Index Rises in June
Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia area rose this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.
June 21, 2007GovernmentBusiness
Leading Economic Indicators Rise in May
An index of leading economic indicators rose in May, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.
June 21, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafety
Passport Rule Pushed Back to 2008
The Bush administration will delay a rule that Americans must present passports when crossing the U.S. border by land or sea, the Associated Press reported.
June 21, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
Coalition Criticizes FMCSA Over Mexican Trucks Plan
A coalition of groups led by Public Citizen and the Teamsters union said Wednesday that the Department of Transportation was ignoring federal safety laws in implementing a pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States.
June 20, 2007GovernmentBusiness
Senate Authorizes Lawsuits Against OPEC
The Senate approved legislation late Tuesday that would allow the federal government to sue OPEC oil cartel nations under antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported.
June 20, 2007