A big winter snow storm moved from the Northwest across the Midwest and on to the East Coast Friday after dumping more than two feet of snow in some areas, the Associated Press reported.
December 19, 2008BusinessGovernmentTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Ryder to Cut 700 U.S. Jobs; Scale Back International Business
Ryder System will scale back its international business and cut 700 U.S. jobs while temporarily laying off 1,425 workers and focusing its operations on the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
December 19, 2008BusinessSafetyEquipmentAutonomous
ATA Report Shows Increase in Trucking Miles
Class 8 trucks rolled up 139.3 billion miles in 2006, up from 130.5 billion in 2005, according to American Trucking Associations’ American Trucking Trends 2008-2009 report, released this week.
December 19, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Groups File with FMCSA Against Hours-of-Service Rules
A coalition of advocacy groups including Public Citizen and the Teamsters union has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider key provisions of its controversial hours-of-service rule.
December 18, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Rep. Ray LaHood Is Obama’s Choice for DOT Secretary
President-elect Barack Obama is set to name retiring Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood as his transportation secretary, several news outlets reported.
December 18, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
FMCSA Sets Intermodal Chassis ‘Roadability’ Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Wednesday issued a new rule that it said will “significantly strengthen safety requirements†for intermodal container chassis.
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Opinion: Trucking and the New Administration
Election day has come and gone, and regardless of political persuasion, the optimist in each of us hopes President-elect Barack Obama’s administration heralds an uplifting and more positive era of government.
December 17, 2008BusinessSafety
AAA Forecasts a Decrease in Christmas Holiday Travel
There will be a slight decline in the number of Americans traveling during the Christmas holiday period compared with last year, first such decline in six years, according to the motorists’ group AAA.
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Letters to the Editor: EOBR Mandate; Auto Bridge Loan; Broker Legislation; Medical Certificates
Onboard recording devices are the future. Successful use of these devices . . . does not eliminate cheating on the logs, in spite of anything Joan what’s-her-name thinks. Ask any driver [at a company that uses them].
December 17, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Fed Cuts Rate to Record Low ‘Target Range’ of Zero to 0.25%
The Federal Reserve Tuesday cut the key U.S. interest rate to a “target range†of zero to 0.25%, a record low.
December 16, 2008