Updated: 10/12/2010 11:40:00 AM Intermodal traffic rose 17.3% in September from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said. Intermodal traffic was 0.2% higher than two years earlier, AAR said Monday. Rail carloads were… Read More »September Intermodal Traffic Rises 17.3%
Remarks by Anne S. Ferro FMCSA Administrator Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy for Highway Safety Stakeholder Workshop Washington, DC August 26, 2010 Introduction Good morning to all and a special hello to those joining… Read More »Remarks to the Toward Zero Deaths Stakeholder Workshop
Suppose you converted your IRA to a Roth IRA just before the bottom fell out of the stock market last year. Because the tax liability for the conversion is based on the value of the… Read More »Can you reconvert an IRA?
By Christian Schenk, vice president product marketing, Xata Corp. CSA 2010 is many things. To the government, it’s a way of increasing safety. To most fleets, it’s an ever-changing regulation that’s hard to keep up… Read More »What You Don't Know Will Hurt You
Updated: 10/7/2010 8:00:00 AM By Ken WeinbergVice President Carrier Logistics Inc. This Opinion piece appears in the Oct. 4 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Long known for its simplistic and… Read More »Opinion: Trucking Tech Seizes the Day
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm FMCSA 12-10 Monday, August 30, 2010 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: (202) 366-9999 or (202) 306-4580 FMCSA Fines Moving Van… Read More »FMCSA Fines Moving Van Lines, Inc. $281,000 for Violating Multiple Federal Regulations
Harvest-service rigs with hopper-bottom trailers pause at sunset along U.S. 23 in northwestern Ohio. Tomorrow they’ll resume working, hauling grain that eventually will arrive at far-away markets. (Photo by Tom Berg) ‘Tis the most glorious… Read More »Like Late-Blooming Perennials, Trucks and Tractor-Trailers Appear for the Harvest
Updated: 10/5/2010 9:00:00 AM Gas Gains 3.8¢ to $2.732, Following Crude Increase Diesel’s national average price jumped 4.9 cents to $3 a gallon, the first time it has been at that level since May, Department… Read More »Diesel Jumps 4.9¢ to $3 a Gallon
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/briefing.htm FMCSA 13-10 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: 202-366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Strengthens Commercial Bus Safety… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Strengthens Commercial Bus Safety with National Passenger Carrier Strike Force
New bill would cut costs for equipment acquisition. (Photo by Deborah Lockridge) By Truckinginfo.com Staff Among the bills introduced on Capitol Hill right before Congress headed out for the election recess was one that would… Read More »Bill in House Aims to 'Reduce Barriers to New Truck Acquisition'
Updated: 10/5/2010 10:15:00 AM The U.S. economy’s service sector expanded at a faster pace in September, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday. ISM’s monthly services index rose to a reading of 53.2, from 51.5… Read More »ISM Services Index Expands at Faster Pace
Remarks of Bill Bronrott FMCSA Deputy Administrator Panel Session: Driving Transportation Policy with Naturalistic Data Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. FMCSA Uses of Naturalistic Driving Data First, I would like to recognize… Read More »Remarks at Sympoisum on Naturalistic Driving Research