A government report on the Department of Transportationās program to allow Mexican trucks into the United States said that too few trips have been taken to be statistically valid.
March 11, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Senators Question DOT on Mexican Trucks Program
Senators and Bush administration officials clashed at a hearing Tuesday about the legality the Department of Transportationās pilot program allowing Mexican trucks into the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported.
March 12, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
NAFTA Truck Trade Rises for 2007
Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 4.9% last year compared with 2006, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
March 11, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuelLogistics
Diesel Soars 16.1Ā¢ to $3.819; Gasoline Sets Record $3.225
The price of retail diesel fuel jumped 16.1 cents to a third straight record, reaching a national average of $3.819 a gallon, and gasoline hit a new record, the Department of Energy said Monday.
March 11, 2008BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment
Forward Air to Buy Houston Firm
Forward Air Corp. said it will buy transportation firm Pinch Holdings and a related company, AFTCO Enterprises, for an undisclosed sum.
March 11, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Con-way Reducing Its Fleet Speed to 62 MPH
Less-than-truckload company Con-way Freight said Monday it has turned back the speed governors on its 8,400-tractor fleet to run at a maximum 62 miles per hour, down from a previous 65 mph, in an effort to improve fuel conservation and reduce carbon emissions.
March 10, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnology
Letters to the Editor: HOS, Crash Statistics, No Driver Shortage, Aerodynamics
I have been driving for 46 years and have been with Roadway 25 years. I think the 11-hour rule is very good. It gives you some flexibility if you have any delays.
March 10, 2008BusinessSafetyFuel
ATA Seeks to Block Calif. Port Talks Over Clean Trucks Proposals
American Trucking Associationsā Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference has asked the Federal Maritime Commission to block the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and terminal operators from discussing and entering into agreements related to the portsā clean trucks program.
March 10, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Peters Urges Congress to Back Mexican Trucks Program
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Monday that Congress should not halt efforts of a cross-border trucking program between the United States and Mexico.
March 10, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Sen. Dorgan Tells Peters DOT is āArrogantā for Refusing to Block Cross-Border Funding
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) told Transportation Secretary Mary Peters that her department was āarrogantā in its refusal to go along with what he said Congress intended when it prohibited funding for the DOTās controversial U.S.-Mexico border trucking program.
March 10, 2008