A proposed plan to charge fees on vehicles entering New York鈥檚 business district could win approval from state lawmakers as soon as Thursday, according to Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Bloomberg News reported. (Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.)
June 19, 2007Business, Safety, Government
Coalition Criticizes FMCSA Over Mexican Trucks Plan
A coalition of groups led by Public Citizen and the Teamsters union said Wednesday that the Department of Transportation was ignoring federal safety laws in implementing a pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States.
June 20, 2007Business, Safety
Letters to the Editor: SafeStat Scores, Hypermiling
June 19, 2007
Business, Safety
GAO Says SafeStat Data Better but Urges New Analysis Method
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June 19, 2007Government, Business, Safety
N.Y. Gov. Sees Passage of Congestion Fee
Business, Safety
1Q Driver Turnover Rates Rise
Driver turnover rates rose in the first quarter at both large truckload and less-than-truckload carriers, while the rate fell modestly for smaller truckload carriers, according to new American Trucking Associations data.
June 18, 2007Business, Safety, Government
Analyst Lowers 2Q Outlook
An analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. lowered the second-quarter and full-year earnings estimates on 13 freight companies 鈥 including 12 trucking companies 鈥 citing continued softness in the transportation market, the Associated Press reported.
June 18, 2007Business, Safety
ATA Reorganizes Highway Watch Program
American Truck Associations has announced a reorganization of the management of the Highway Watch program.
June 18, 2007Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
Democrats Demand Action on 鈥楬ot鈥 Fuel
WASHINGTON 鈥 Congressional Democrats said steps need to be taken to ensure that U.S. consumers are not getting shortchanged by 鈥渉ot鈥 fuel, but representatives of the fuel retailing industry said adjusting sales by temperature was unnecessary and would hurt small businesses.
June 18, 2007Business, Government, Safety
iTECH: Capturing Data for Electronic Driver Logs
June 18, 2007
Government, Business, Safety
May Truck Sales Fall 51%
Heavy-duty retail truck sales in the United States fell 51.7% in May from year-ago levels, the result of slowing freight demand and the impact of last year鈥檚 big pre-buy.
June 18, 2007