Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) this week introduced a bill that would replace the diesel and gas tax with a carbon tax, the latest congressional proposal aimed at boosting transportation dollars ahead of the reauthorization of a major highway law this spring.
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Driver Shortage, Truck Parking in New Resiliency Definition
WASHINGTON — Transportation officials have expanded the scope of their resiliency planning beyond infrastructure to such issues as how to make trucking more adaptable to driver shortages and inadequate truck parking, said a top official at the Federal Highway Administration.
January 14, 2015Democrats Announce T&I Committee Members
Peter DeFazio of Oregon, ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has announced the Democrats who will serve on T&I in the new Congress.
January 14, 2015Shuster Names Missouri’s Graves to Head Highway Subcommittee
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has been selected to head the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
January 13, 2015Commercial Truck Safety Makes NTSB’s Most Wanted List
WASHINGTON — Strengthening commercial truck safety has made it onto the Most Wanted List of policies and actions issued annually by the National Transportation Safety Board.
January 13, 2015Despite Progress, Diesel Emissions Still an Issue for Environmental Regulators
WASHINGTON — Environmental officials from California and the East Coast said during a Transportation Research Board panel here that trucks still require special attention because of diesel emissions, even though such output became much cleaner from 1998 to 2010.
January 12, 2015Foxx Comfortable With Decision to Open Border to Mexican Trucks
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department had plenty of information under which to justify opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks despite a report from the Inspector General that said there were too few participants in a pilot program to determine if all Mexican trucks were safe enough to run U.S. roads.
January 12, 2015Feds Keep Drug-Test Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the nation’s trucking companies must continue random drug testing for at least 50% of drivers and other “safety sensitive†employees during 2015.
January 12, 2015Dec. Class 8 Orders Jump 38%, Capping Best Year Since 2004
Class 8 truck orders jumped 38% to 43,900 units in December, capping the industry’s second-best year on record, ACT Research reported.
January 12, 2015Penske Petitions US Supreme Court to Overturn Calif. Meal-Break Law
Penske Logistics last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision upholding California’s meal-break law.
January 12, 2015