Intermodal rail traffic in the United States fell 25.8% last week from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said in its weekly report.
September 18, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyEquipmentAutonomous
Buyers to Have More Brake Choices
RALEIGH, N.C. — The federal stopping-distance rule announced in late July will generate lots of technical choices for truck buyers, but manufacturing executives told fleet managers here the engineering changes should be minimally disruptive.
September 21, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnology
Maine Using Cameras, Scales to Catch Weight Violators
The Maine Department of Transportation has installed cameras and scales in an attempt to catch weight violations in trucks that avoid a weigh station on Interstate 95, the Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald reported Friday.
September 18, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Opinion: How Accident Recorders Can Improve Driving
Those familiar with accident event recorders know this technology offers many valuable benefits for transportation operations. AERs, which record both video and audio when a driving incident occurs, can help to improve driver performance, reduce accidents and save lives. The technology also offers other significant, but less publicized, advantages such as decreased expenses and enhanced driver/management relationships.
September 18, 2009BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment
DOT, EPA Set Auto Fuel-Economy Guidelines
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson released proposed regulations for boosting automobile fleet fuel economy to reach 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, the Associated Press reported.
September 16, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
TSA Sets Interim Rule on Air Cargo Security
The Transportation Security Administration announced an interim final rule implementing air cargo security regulations.
September 16, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT Sets Agenda for Distracted-Driving Summit
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Wednesday released the detailed agenda for DOT’s Distracted Driving Summit, scheduled for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Washington.
September 16, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Volvo’s North American Deliveries Fall 33% in August
Volvo AB said Tuesday its August North American deliveries fell by 33%, to 1,267 units.
September 15, 2009BusinessEquipmentSafety
ArvinMeritor, Daimler Set Brake Deal
Alliance Parts, Daimler Trucks’ private-label parts unit, said it has partnered with ArvinMeritor, Troy, Mich., to provide remanufactured brake shoes for commercial vehicles in North America.
September 14, 2009EditorialBusinessGovernmentSafety
Extend the UCR Comment Period
At the very least, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration needs to provide the freight transportation industry sufficient time to respond to its proposal to fix the clearly broken Unified Carrier Registration agreement.
September 14, 2009