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Texas Cuts Truck Tolls on Highways near Austin
The Texas Transportation Commission has voted to lower truck tolls on two Austin-area highways in an attempt to encourage trucks to use them.
February 25, 2011Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Down to 2.8%
U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 2.8% annual rate in the third quarter, a smaller rate than the previous estimate, the Commerce Department said Friday.
February 25, 2011Letters: Border Negotiations; Wrong Again, FMCSA
No one knows the Canada-U.S. border and the difficulties even the most trusted individuals and companies have had crossing it in the 鈥渟ecurity trumps trade鈥 post-9/11 world than truckers. It鈥檚 not surprising, then, that truckers welcome the announcement from U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the two countries are embarking upon negotiations aimed at improved cooperation and coordination at the border.
February 28, 2011Middle East Unrest and Fuel Prices
Just as the U.S. economy seems to be growing some serious muscle, international events are threatening to intervene in what has become a period of steady business improvement.
February 28, 2011Consumer Confidence Hits Three-Year High
Consumer confidence hit its highest level in three years in February, the New York-based Conference Board reported Tuesday.
February 22, 2011DeFazio Proposes Limiting Detention Time
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has introduced a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to study and establish a maximum number of hours that drivers may be detained at loading docks without being compensated.
February 22, 2011ATA, L.A. Port File Final Briefs With Court in Dispute on Use of Owner-Operators
Lawyers for American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles completed filing their written legal arguments last week over the port鈥檚 attempted ban on independent owner-operators.
February 21, 2011Trucking Blasts HOS Plan
ARLINGTON, Va. 鈥 The Transportation Department鈥檚 new proposed hours-of-service rule is too complex, rigid, and would reduce the productivity of motor carriers, while making highways no safer, trucking industry and trade association executives and truck drivers told federal regulators last week.
February 21, 2011ATA, Port of L.A. File Final Court Briefs Over Use of Owner-Operators
American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles have completed filing written legal arguments over the port鈥檚 attempted ban on independent owner-operators.
February 18, 2011Leading Economic Indicators Rise for Seventh Month
An index of leading economic indicators rose in January for the seventh straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.
February 17, 2011