A pilot program that started Sept. 1 allows permitting of some trucks weighing up to 83,000 pounds on Interstate 19 from Nogales to Tucson, Business Loop 19 in Nogales, Arizona 189 and I-10 between mileposts 232 and 279, approximately between Marana and Vail.
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DTNA’s Daum Cautious on Speed Limiters, Autonomous Expectations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The growing importance of fleets being able to regulate the speed of individual trucks through remote, over-the-air engine updates should be taken into account as the federal government considers a mandate requiring heavy-duty vehicles to utilize speed limiters, the president of Daimler Trucks North America said.
September 6, 2016Opinion: Jake Brakes Keep Drivers Safe on Steep Roads
You can’t work in the trucking industry for long without realizing the interconnectedness of the trucking world — goods with communities, roads with ports, airports and railways, regulations across international and provincial borders and municipal boundaries, you name it. Another connection may not be immediately apparent: Canada’s National Trucking Week and “Jake” brakes.
September 5, 2016Editorial: A Welcome Proposal
After 10 years of deliberation, two agencies of the Department of Transportation have finally published a proposal that would limit the maximum speed of the largest commercial vehicles to a rate yet to be determined.
September 5, 2016Truck-Involved Crash Deaths Rise; Highest Total Since ’08, DOT Says
Fatalities in crashes involving large trucks rose 4.1% from 2014 to 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Aug. 29.
September 5, 2016Speed Limiters Proposed
The federal government has issued a proposed rule requiring new heavyÂduty vehicles to be equipped with speed-limiter devices that many large trucking fleets have been using voluntarily for several years.
September 5, 2016Natural-Gas Advocates Claim Victories in Phase 2 GHG Emissions Regulation
The Phase 2 greenhouse-gas emissions final rule gave natural-gas advocates victories in how the alternative fuel is handled and how emissions of methane are regulated, they said, even as the rule forecast little chance of natural gas becoming a major fuel source for heavy-duty trucks in the next decade.
September 5, 2016Deficient Infrastructure, Congestion Cost California Motorists $53.6 Billion a Year
Deficient roads and bridges and congested highways in California are costing the state’s motorists $53.6 billion a year and are increasing overall operating costs for trucking and shipping companies, according to a new report by a Washington D.C.-based transportation research group.
September 5, 2016S.C., N.C., Virginia Waive HOS Requirements During Tropical Storm
With Tropical Storm Hermine blowing on the coasts of their states, the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia have waived hours-of-service requirements.
September 2, 2016Georgia Port Officials Defend Top Execs' Pay; Critics Call it Excessive
The past two directors of the Georgia Ports Authority will combine to earn $1 million in pension payments alone this year.
September 1, 2016