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OEMs Expand Air Disc Brake Offerings; Cost, Maintenance Concerns Slow Adoption

After years of accounting for just a single-digit share of the heavy-truck brake market, air disc brakes are enjoying double-digit growth, and suppliers are optimistically predicting the systems will capture a quarter of the foundations brake market within a few years.

July 20, 2015

VisTracks, Isotrak Partner to Offer E-Logging System

Fleet technology suppliers Isotrak Inc. and VisTracks have partnered to provide trucking firms with electronic logging of drivers’ hours of service and driver vehicle inspection reporting.

June 26, 2015

Senate Funding Panel Includes Twin 33 Provision in Fiscal 2016 Transportation Bill

WASHINGTONÌý— Senate appropriators on June 25 voted to include a provision that would allow the use of twin 33-foot trailers nationwide in a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill.

June 25, 2015

NTSB Calls for Collision Avoidance Systems to Be Standard

The National Transportation Safety Board on June 8 issued a recommendation that collision avoidance systems be standard equipment on all new cars and commercial trucks.

June 8, 2015

NHTSA Releases Electronic Stability Control Rule

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 3Ìýreleased its long-awaited final rule on stability control, saying it will affect Classes 7-8 trucks in two years.

June 3, 2015

White House Completes Review of Heavy-Vehicle Electronic Stability Control System Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget has completed its review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final rule on electronic stability control systems for heavy vehicles, bringing it a step closer to publication.

May 27, 2015

Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it

WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and indexÌýthe taxÌýto inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.

May 13, 2015

NTSB Recommends Video Recorders on Heavy Trucks and Buses

The National Transportation Safety Board on April 29 issued a recommendation that heavy truck and bus fleet operators deploy in-cab video system recorder technology to monitor their drivers.

April 30, 2015

Temporary Funding Bill Still Up in the Air, Chairman Bill Shuster Says

WASHINGTON — With only 33 days left to pass a temporary funding extension for the nation’s transportation system, the man who heads the House Transportation Committee said he doesn’t know where the money will come from or how long the extension will last.

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April 28, 2015