President Obama on May 8 nominated Greg Nadeau to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.
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P3s See Federal Inaction as Elevating Their Importance
WASHINGTON — The biggest challengesĚýfacing infrastructure public-private partnership proposalsĚýare in persuadingĚýpublic officials and taxpayers to accept some level of financial and possibly environmental risk, and in convincingĚýpublic employees they won’t lose their jobs, a panel of P3 supporters said at a May 11 “Infrastructure Week” event.
May 11, 2015Top T&I Dems Request Hearing on Long-Term Highway Bill
The top two Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pressing the panel’s chairman and the chamber’s top tax policy authorizer to schedule a joint hearing very soon that focuses on a long-term highway bill.
May 11, 2015Supreme Court Won’t Hear Trucking’s Appeal of California’s Meal-Break Requirement
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals by two trucking companies that mounted challenges to a California law requiring employers to provide meal breaks to workers.
May 11, 2015American Fast Freight Buys Caribbean Shipping Services
American Fast Freight Inc., a logistics and trucking operator, announced the acquisition of Caribbean Shipping Services Inc. to expand in the U.S.-Puerto Rico ocean shipping market.
May 8, 2015Opinion: Nat-Gas Vehicles and Low Oil Prices
For light- and heavy-duty truck operators evaluating a switch to natural gas from diesel, the recent oil-price collapse represents the most significant “bump in the road” in several years.
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May 11, 2015Mich. Voters Reject Sales-Tax Hike Central to Transportation Package
Michigan voters last week overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have raised the state sales tax to 7% from 6% as the key element in a sweeping transportation funding plan that now is dead.Ěý
May 11, 2015Congress Criticizes Itself Over Lack of Highway Fix
WASHINGTON — Frustration among members from both sides of the aisle is intensifying with GOP leaders who have yet to unveil a funding patch for highway programs as a May 31 deadline fast approaches.
May 11, 2015Vinyl Wraps Offer Flexibility, Cost Control for Fleets to Showcase Branding, Colors
The color a fleet chooses for its equipment is about more than appearances. For many, those hues are as vital to the company’s image as its name.
May 11, 2015House Appropriators to Take Up Fiscal 2016 Transportation Funding Bill May 13
House appropriators on May 13 will take up a fiscal 2016 funding bill that includes a 34-hour restart provision that adds new requirements on the study Congress ordered last year.
May 8, 2015