Steve Williams, founder of the Alliance for Driver Safety & Security, recently released a statement recommitting the trucking industry to safety objectives for the coming year. In 2018, large-truck...
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U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said Wednesday he supports the Senate confirmation of Patrick Fuchs to the Surface Transportation Board...
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December marked the cheapest gasoline since 2016, with prices 26 cents less than November and 6 cents less than 2017. This week, prices in nine states are less than $2.00 a gallon, and the national...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently applauded U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for asserting the federal government’s role in regulating interstate commerce by granting a peti...
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently authorized self-driving car startup Zoox to become the state’s first company to provide autonomous-vehicle (AV) passenger service to the pu...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded more than $100,000 in grant funding last week to five states and one territory through the Governors Highway Safety Association to su...
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A coalition of nine members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) has announced a plan to design a new regional low-carbon transportation policy, which would cap and reduce carbon emissio...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) should extend the same pro-innovation regulatory approach to private freight railroads that is afforded to highway vehicles, the Association of American R...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Tuesday that it is seeking public comment on the use and integration of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications technologies in transportatio...
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on Dec. 14 approved the Innovative Clean Transit regulation, a statewide goal to gradually transition public transit agencies to 100 percent zero-emission bus...
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A recent report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examined options for reducing the federal deficit that included eliminating both the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and federal funding f...
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The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) forecasts that 16.8 million new cars and light trucks will be sold in 2019, a 1.1 percent decline. Rising interest rates may curtail sales in 2019...
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The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) recently announced it supports the findings of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) report. The report, entitled Renewing th...
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Redesigning larger vehicles can reduce traffic fatalities and improve street safety, according to a pair of in-depth reports entitled Optimizing Large Vehicles for Urban Environments. The document ...
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The auto industry is reaching the point where operating electric semi-trucks is more cost-effective than diesel trucks, making it a good time to start investing in electric semi-trailer trucks, accord...
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The U.S. Interstate Highway System is facing threats from the growing backlog of structural and operational deficiencies and by challenges such as climate change, automated vehicles, and electric vehi...
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Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker and Lieutenant Governor-elect Juliana Stratton recently created the transition team’s Restoring Illinois’ Infrastructure Committee. The 45-member committee...
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In October, travel to and within the United States increased 3.2 percent year-over-year, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index, making it the 106th consecutive month ...
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Plug In America, a consumer advocacy group for plug-in electric vehicle use, supports the Zero-Emissions Vehicle Act of 2018, which was recently introduced in Congress by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced it had awarded an additional $281 million in funding the FTA’s Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Progr...
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