INDIANAPOLIS — Ford Motor Co. introduced a redesigned lineup of medium-duty trucks here that includes dedicated tractor models in two weight classes, and an updated telematics suite.
March 4, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
FMCSA's Scott Darling Says Term as Acting Administrator Ends March 23
Scott Darling revealed that his tenure as acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will expire March 23 and that the White House is working on a permanent selection. Darling did not confirm if he was among the candidates.
March 3, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Anthony Foxx Announces New Pilot Program to Facilitate Hiring in City Neighborhoods
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has proposed a new pilot program to explore ways to make it easier for states and cities to require that contractors on federally funded projects hire local workers and veterans.
March 3, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
GAO Says Federal Government Should Study State Permitting Processes to Find Best Practices
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Department of Transportation study states' permitting practices for oversize and overweight truckloads, then pinpoint the best practices and share them.
March 3, 2015BusinessFuelSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
Mileage Tax Could Replace Fuel Taxes in Near Future, Lawmakers, Experts Say
WASHINGTON — It’s only a matter of time before fuel taxes will be replaced or supplemented with mileage taxes to pay for the nation’s roads, lawmakers and transportation policy experts said.
March 2, 2015BusinessSafetyAutonomous
TT Archives: ATA on the Move
The opening of new offices for American Trucking Associations in Alexandria, Virginia, is recorded in the Jan. 28, 1985 edition of Transport Topics with a ribbon cutting featuring ATA President Thomas J. Donohue, Gov. Charles Robb and DOT Deputy Secretary James Burnley IV.
March 2, 2015BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Bendix to Move to New Ohio Headquarters
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said it will build new headquarters in Northeast Ohio, near its current Elyria location.
February 27, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Inhofe: EPW Focused on Highway Bill Reauthorization, Not Extension
WASHINGTON — A Senate transportation panel will unveil a multiyear highway bill before there is a need to approve a short-term extension of funding authority for highway programs, which expires in late spring, the panel’s chairman told Transport Topics on Feb. 25.
February 25, 2015GovernmentBusinessFuelSafety
Mileage Tax Builds Momentum as Alternative to Gas Tax
WASHINGTON — It is only a matter of time before the gas tax will have to be phased out and replaced with a tax on miles traveled to support the nation’s roads, said a room full of transportation policy officials and their congressional allies who met here Feb. 24.
February 24, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyEquipmentLogisticsTechnologyAutonomous
Safety Groups Petition NHTSA for Collision Avoidance Systems
Several nonprofit safety groups have asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to mandate collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems for new heavy trucks and buses.
February 23, 2015