A $3 billion slate of highway, rail and seaport improvements approved for funding by the California Transportation Commission includes $825 million for 14 projects in Northern California, the San Francisco-area Metropolitan Transportation Commission said.
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TMC Chairman Hilton Says Council Will Seek 鈥楬eavy-Duty鈥 Service Members
Brent Hilton, the 2008 chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council, said one of the focuses of his term will be to increase membership among service dealerships that perform essential 鈥渉eavy-duty鈥 maintenance for trucking.
April 16, 2008China鈥檚 Olympics Clean-Up Plan Could Snarl Shipments to U.S.
Plans by the Chinese government to close factories in and around Beijing and Shanghai this summer to reduce air pollution for the 2008 Summer Olympics could cause early or late peak seasonal surges in exports to the United States, shipping industry executives and transportation experts said.
April 14, 2008Bruce Carlton Named NITL President
The National Industrial Transportation League said Bruce Carlton will become the group鈥檚 president on June 1. He will succeed interim president Annette Sandberg.
April 10, 2008DOT Transport Index Rises 2.7%
The Department of Transportation鈥檚 freight transportation services index for February rose 2.7% from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
April 9, 2008Jevic to Close Ohio Terminal
Jevic Transportation said it plans to close a facility in West Chester Township, Ohio, in June, the Hamilton (Ohio) News-Journal reported.
April 9, 2008Trust Fund May Face Deficit, Former DOT Official Says
The main funding vehicle for the U.S. highway infrastructure will be exhausted by next year, according to a transportation expert, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
April 9, 2008Study Aims to Find Best Ways to Remove Snow From Trucks
The American Transportation Research Institute has initiated a study of the costs and benefits of removing snow and ice from the tops of tractor-trailers.
April 8, 2008Opinion: Costly, Ineffective New Federal Training Rules
Safety is the paramount goal of every motor carrier. From intensive driver training to using the finest technology available, the trucking industry strives to uphold the highest safety standards while ensuring the smooth and steady flow of cargo on our nation鈥檚 highways.
April 9, 2008Letters to the Editor: Driver Training; Crashes, Cell Phones; Fuel Prices
As I understand the new driver-training rules, they indicate that a company cannot hire drivers if that company has a school for training those drivers. This is in conflict with every training institution in the country 鈥 if not the world.
April 9, 2008