Rail carload and intermodal freight fell for the week ended Saturday compared with a year ago, continuing a trend this year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
June 8, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
Lawmakers Urge Limits to Road Privatization
Key House leaders gave faint praise to plans for public-private transportation projects, but warned states that such deals should preserve the publicās interest by avoiding price-gouging and restrictions on competing roadways.
June 11, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Letters to the Editor: Double Brokering, Gasoline Prices
I believe the Transportation Intermediaries Association should solve the problem of ādouble-brokeringā before trying to convince regulators to allow third-party logistics providers to join the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.
June 8, 2007BusinessSafety
PHH Arval Develops Training Tool
June 8, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafety
New Passport Rules Temporarily Waived
The Bush administration Friday temporarily lifted a requirement that U.S. passports be used for citizens flying to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, the Associated Press reported.
June 8, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
ATAās Graves to Chair Highway Users Group
The American Highway Users Alliance has named American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves chairman of the groupās board of directors, effective immediately.
June 7, 2007BusinessSafety
ATA Warns on āHypermilingā
American Trucking Associations is recommending that fleet safety directors warn their drivers and owner-operators of a dangerous practice among automobile drivers of drafting behind tractor-trailers.
June 6, 2007GovernmentBusinessSafety
Roadcheck ā07 Wraps Up Thursday
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Allianceās annual 72-hour Roadcheck truck-inspection blitz wraps up its three-day run on Thursday.
June 6, 2007