The American Transportation Research Institute and the Minnesota Trucking Association are joining forces to conduct a pilot project that will compare the records of young drivers with those of more experienced drivers.
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Reefer Manufacturers Seek Delay in Adoption of New EPA Proposal
Manufacturers of refrigerated trailers and trailer refrigeration units are seeking a delay in adoption of a new federal regulation that could have a profound effect on the equipment used by reefer fleets.
May 18, 2015Daimler鈥檚 Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler鈥檚 global truck and bus unit, said 鈥渨hoever has the regulatory framework in place鈥 will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015Trust Fund Extensions Pitched; Proposals Clash Over Length
WASHINGTON 鈥 The top Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel unveiled legislation May 14 that would extend surface transportation authorization into July, even as House GOP leaders say they soon will offer an extension through December.
May 18, 2015Paul Ryan, Bill Shuster Introduce House GOP Version of Two-Month Highway Fund Extension
The House Rules Committee has scheduled a hearing on a measure sponsored by the leaders of the tax-writing and transportation policy panels that would extend highway funding authority through July.
May 15, 2015Sens. Tom Carper, Barbara Boxer Introduce Bill to Authorize Transportation Programs Into July
The top Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works panel unveiled legislation May 14 that would extend surface transportation authorization into July, the same time a key highway account is projected to run low on funds.
May 14, 2015Transportation Experts Debate Proposals for Keeping Highway Trust Fund Solvent
WASHINGTON 鈥 A panel of transportation experts debated several proposals to rescue the nearly insolvent Highway Trust Fund but offered little hope that Congress, facing a May 31 deadline to pass a transportation bill, would approve a long-term solution.
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May 14, 2015Labor Group Presses Congress to Fund Long-Term Highway Plan, Joins 鈥楢dvocacy Day鈥
WASHINGTON 鈥 To kick off Infrastructure Week鈥檚 鈥渁dvocacy day鈥 on May 13, the president of the Laborers鈥 International Union of North America called on lawmakers to advance a long-term measure that improves the country鈥檚 aging infrastructure.
May 13, 2015ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015EPW to Mark Up 6-Year Highway Bill in June, 鈥楥an No Longer Wait On Congress鈥
Leaders of the transportation policy committee in the Senate said May 13 they will schedule a markup in June to consider a bill that reauthorizes surface highway programs for six years.
May 13, 2015