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FTR: More freight to boost truck, trailer sales in 2011
2010 tractor sales will be affected by the new EPA mandate, with higher sales in the first half and a second-half slowdown likely, according to FTR.
Bid to pass $1 billion Alabama road bill fails in Senate
The plan is a proposed constitutional amendment that would take $100 million per year for 10 years from a state savings account called the Alabama Trust Fund. The money would be used for road and bridge construction statewide.
Oil, trucking groups file Calif. fuel suit
The American Trucking Associations on Feb. 2 joined petroleum refiners and other end-users in a legal challenge to California’s recently enacted low-carbon fuel standard.
New Jersey governor: won't raise tolls or add new ones
Tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway went up in December 2008, the first of a two-part increase. The second is slated for 2012.
ATA to call for greater federal oversight to limit speculation
Under current law, certain kinds of complex financial transactions and trading in vital energy and agricultural commodities take place with no transparency and without any federal oversight.
$79 billion budget for the DOT promotes safety, infrastructure investment
Secretary LaHood in a file photo with President Obama.
Factory activity fueling modest economic recovery
Manufacturing activity has become a pocket of strength, though some of it flows from temporary factors such as customers needing to add to depleted stockpiles of goods
Diesel prices fall 3rd straight week
For the third straight week, the national average retail price of a gallon of diesel declined. The price dropped 5.2 cents to $2.781, according to the Department of Energy.
Virginia to reopen rest areas
Acting on an appeal by new Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted Jan. 20 to reopen 19 highway rest stops that were closed last year by the former governor to save money.
Study: texting ban hasn't resulted in fewer accidents
The organization finds that claims rates have not gone down after the laws were enacted.
Truckers urge hours flexibility
A refrain heard repeatedly at the latest hours of service listening session was the need for more flexibility in duty-hour and sleeper berth regulations.
The Midnight Trucking Radio Network Presents A Curtain Call for Country Music Icons At "Mid America Jamboree" During MATS 2010
The Midnight Trucking Radio Network's lobby booth will once again be the premier country music "personality sighting" location again during the Mid America Trucking Show, March 25-27, 2010 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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