In November, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to repeal a provision in a 2013 transportation financing law that calls for indexing the state’s gas tax to inflation. By linking the gas tax to inflation, the 2013 Massachusetts Legislature created a situation where gas taxes would automatically increase when the Consumer Price Index went up. Opponents…
The Obama administration has granted provisional operating status to 13 Mexican trucking firms that have hauled goods to and from the United States during a pilot program for the past three years. The program expired at the start of October. The administration said little about what would happen next and various commodity groups, including Washington…
A group of Philadelphia FedEx Freight drivers recently voted to join a local Teamsters union, a landmark move for the company’s drivers who are seeking improved working conditions. The group of 47 drivers, who work at FedEx Freight’s East Philadelphia terminal in Croydon, Pa., voted 26-18 in favor of joining the Local 107 union.The drivers…
A year after a winter that put much of the transportation industry in a tailspin, projections for the upcoming winter are coming as a welcome relief. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is projecting that expenditures for natural gas, heating oil, electricity and propane will decrease this winter after last year’s frigid winter that was 11…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is moving closer to wireless vehicle and driver inspections. FMCSA and partners Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Innovative Software Engineering (ISE) will kick off a field operation test of wireless roadside inspection (WRI) next year in five Southeastern states involving as many as 1,000 commercial trucks and…
Advancements in new clean diesel technology that has resulted in a transit buses with near zero emissions is being adopted by U.S. transit officials at a faster pace than other large vehicle sectors, according to Ezra Finkin, the Director of Policy for the Diesel Technology Forum. Finkin explained that U.S. transit agencies were adopting clean…
An analyst for Cass Freight Index reports that the U.S. freight market continues to enjoy solid growth in spite of widespread driver shortages. “The freight industry continues to experience the strongest year since the recession ended, and while there are still headwinds, things should continue to improve for the industry,” stated Rosalyn Wilson, senior business…
The average marginal cost per mile for truck drivers rose to $1.68 in 2013 from $1.63 in 2012, according to a report from the American Transportation Research Institute. The Operational Costs of Trucking, an ongoing study tracking costs from 2008 through 2013, is based on information derived directly from fleets’ financial and operational data, ATRI…
Crumbling and congested U.S. roadways are driving up costs for U.S. manufacturers as late deliveries and unreliable transportation undermine hard-fought gains in production efficiency, according to U.S. manufacturing executives. Thomas Riordan, Chief Executive of Neenah Enterprises and an official with a national manufacturers group, figures that truck and rail traffic congestion raise the Neenah, Wis.,…
ITR Concession Company (ITR), the Spanish-Austrian consortium that paid the state of Indiana $3.8 billion in 2006 to lease the 157-mile toll road across northern Indiana between Ohio and Illinois, has declared bankruptcy. ITR Concession Co. LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago with a prepackaged plan backed by a…
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