June 29, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
This year's Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) Roadcheck produced encouraging results, showing nationwide improvements in highway safety compliance. Data from the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world show the highest overall vehicle compliance rate -- 80.4...
June 26, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
The floodgates opened as critics of the Waxman-Markey energy climate bill poured out to issue warnings about the controversial legislation, whose fate will likely be determined today in the House.According to energywashington.com, Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), ranking member of the...
June 24, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
The American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) said that the language on the proposed House "cap-and-trade" climate bill remains "completely hostile" to all motorists and highway users. The bill will "dramatically raise the price of highway fuel through a hidden tax...
June 24, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives could vote on perhaps the most destructive legislation in our country's history by the end of this week, said Murray Energy Corp. President and CEO Robert Murray in a June 24 Op-Ed that appeared...
June 22, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
The Federal Surface Transportation Policy and Planning Act of 2009 (S.1036), introduced by Sens. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), includes "several disturbing anti-motorist and anti-truck provisions," according to the American Highway Users Alliance.The Alliance, chaired by ATA President...
