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Arizona Governor Presses Trump Administration for Freight Expansion Dollars

Increasing vehicle capacity to alleviate congestion and improve safety along Interstate 10 between Phoenix and the ports in the Los Angeles area is among the infrastructure projects for which Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) would welcome funding assistance from the federal government.

March 7, 2017

Mayors to Congress: Help Fund Major Infrastructure Projects

Big-ticket infrastructure projects around the country need a boost from the federal government, more than 30 mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., last week told congressional leaders and Trump administration officials.

March 6, 2017

Koch Group Warns Trump Infrastructure Plan Could Be ā€˜Spending Boondoggle’

An influential conservative group backed by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is questioning a plan to spend $1 trillion on the nation’s infrastructure and warning that one of President Trump’s signature policy initiatives could become a ā€œspending boondoggle.ā€

March 6, 2017

Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 7: Fuel Tax Pitch

The business community will tell Senate funding leaders on March 8 to raise taxes on fuel as a way to fund big-ticket infrastructure projects. Sarah Kline of the Bipartisan Policy Center explains how P3s can work even in rural communities. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

March 8, 2017

Results of FMCSA Restart Study Did Not Benefit Driver Safety, Fatigue, DOT Says

A congressionally mandated study on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service restart rule showed that it ā€œdid not explicitly identify a net benefit on driver operations, safety, fatigue and health,ā€ the Department of Transportation Inspector General said March 2.

March 6, 2017

US Will Reclaim Global Supply Chain, Trump Trade Aide Says

TheĀ United StatesĀ is seeking more ā€œreciprocalā€ trade with other countries in a bid to boost growth, reduce the trade deficit and keep American production capacity out of foreign hands, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said.

March 6, 2017

Service Industries Grow at Fastest Pace Since October 2015

American service companies expanded in February at the fastest rate since October 2015 amid stronger orders, signaling momentum in the economy’s biggest sector.

March 3, 2017

Opinion: Virginia Increases Availability of TWICs at DMVs

As reported in Transport Topics in early December 2016, (12-12, pp. 4, 43) American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a roundtable of lawmakers at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC, represents the future of secure transportation.

March 6, 2017

Editorial: Week Spent Looking to the Future

Conference halls from coast to coast were teeming with talk of transportation last week, with no shortage of prognostications from industry leaders about what the future holds.

March 6, 2017

Governors Acknowledge Every Funding Option Necessary for Infrastructure

A toolkit of options for financing big-ticket infrastructure projects is required to compensate for lack of federal funding, governors noted in a policy outline for 2017.

March 3, 2017