The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require a cut of 30% in the allowable stopping distance for the majority of new trucks beginning in 2011, the agency said Friday.
July 27, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Senators Address 3 DOT Nominations
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the nominations of several other key administration officials to the full Senate on July 21, including the nomination of Deborah Hersman to lead the National Transportation Safety Board.
July 27, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
Senate Panel Passes FAA Reauthorization without Changing Courier Labor Rules
A Senate committee last week approved a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration without a provision that would make it easier for some employees at FedEx Corp. to unionize.
July 27, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Dems Still Split on Funding of Nation鈥檚 Highway Needs
WASHINGTON 鈥 Congressional Democrats continued to spar over how best to address the nation鈥檚 road transportation needs, as the Senate and House moved on opposing paths.
July 27, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
Diesel Drops 4.6垄 to $2.496 in 4th Straight Weekly Decline
U.S. retail diesel prices dropped 4.6 cents last week to $2.496 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported 鈥 the fourth straight decline 鈥 but rising crude oil costs will soon lead to a reversal of that trend, a department analyst predicted.
July 27, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Oberstar 鈥楾roubled鈥 by Wetlines Warning
House Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) said he was 鈥渄eeply troubled鈥 over a claim by truck safety inspectors that proposed legislation requiring the purging of flammable materials from tanker wetlines would be 鈥渄ifficult, if not impossible,鈥 to enforce.
July 27, 2009BusinessSafety
ATA Joins Industry Group on Contractor Law to Protect Owner-Operator Business Model
Concern about the possibility of legislative threats to the use of owner-operators has led American Trucking Associations to join a Washington, D.C., lobbying group.
July 27, 2009BusinessSafety
Intermodal, Rail Traffic Continue to Decline
Intermodal rail traffic fell 18.8% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
July 24, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
BNSF鈥檚 2Q Income Improves Despite Lower Volume
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. said its second-quarter profit improved but its revenue fell on lower overall freight demand.
July 23, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
TransForce Reports Lower 2Q Income
Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its second-quarter net income fell to C$18 million, or 21 cents a share, from C$19.3 million, or 22 cents, a year ago.
July 23, 2009