Gross domestic product grew at a 2.6% annualized rate after a 5% gain in the third quarter that was the fastest since 2003, Commerce Department figures showed Jan. 30 in Washington.
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Obama’s Budget Will Boost Grant Funds to Promote Freight Movement, Foxx Says
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s upcoming budget request for the Department of Transportation will include parts of the four-year, $302 billion transportation plan the administration unveiled last year, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told lawmakers.
February 2, 2015Trucks, Pipeline Carry More Nafta Freight in November
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico totaled $96.3 billion in November as two transportation modes — truck and pipeline — carried more freight than in November 2013, the Department of Transportation reported Jan. 29.
January 29, 2015FMCSA Should Shift Focus to Crash Causes, Industry Exec Tells Senators
 The general counsel for one of the nation’s largest trucking companies told a Senate panel that to reinforce the recent reduction in truck crashes the federal government must redirect its safety efforts to address the primary causes.
January 29, 2015Kentucky, Ohio Governors Trying to Jump-Start Bridge Project
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) have directed their transportation departments to devise what they call “a cost-saving plan that limits tolls” but moves forward with rebuilding the Brent Spence Bridge linking the states.
January 29, 2015Jacoby Named Trala CEO
Jake Jacoby has been named CEO of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association, the group’s executive committee announced last week.
January 29, 2015Obama’s Budget Request Includes Freight Grant Program, Foxx Says
WASHINGTON — President Obama's upcoming budget request for the Department of Transportation will include parts of the four-year, $302 billion transportation plan the administration unveiled last year, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told lawmakers.
January 30, 2015Former Pa. Governor Urges Senators to Raise Gas Tax
Reminding lawmakers about the urgent need to rebuild the country's aging transportation network, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) told a key Senate panel on Jan. 29 that they need to raise fuel taxes.
January 29, 2015Sens. Boxer, Paul Team Up to Boost Highway Trust Fund
Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, the top Democrat on the transportation policy-writing Environment and Public Works Committee, announced on Jan. 29 she has teamed up with Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul on legislation that would use revenue from repatriation to pay for highway construction.
January 29, 2015TT Archives: U.S. to Reduce Dependence on Foreign Oil
This headline in the Jan. 20, 1975 edition of Transport Topics reflects one of many steps taken by the United States to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil following the Arab oil embargo in 1973.
February 2, 2015