June 2009 Archives
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...
June 19, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
Supporters of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade legislation tout the bill as a cure-all for reducing U.S. emissions, but the plan bears a striking resemblance to the European Union's plan, which failed miserably, points out Andrew P. Morriss in a recent McClatchy...
June 19, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
The June 19 Wall Street Journal article, "The Big Chill," explains that there are very few benefits of a cap-and-trade energy policy. In fact, the cost of reducing emissions turns out to be greater than the cost they impose on...
June 18, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
A recent Louisville Examiner article by veteran long-haul driver Linda Sunkle-Pierucki applauds the nomination of Anne Ferro as Administrator of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA)."Ferro, whose primary mission will be to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large...
June 17, 2009
Written by: Brandon Borgna
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 72 percent of commercial of medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle drivers use safety belts. This figure marks an increase of 7 percentage points from 65 percent the previous year. "We must...
June 16, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
The retirement of older diesel trucks is happening quicker than expected at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with private capital, not government grants, paying for most of the conversion, said the Cunningham Report.What's emerging is a situation...
June 15, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
"While the trucking industry is now the safest it has been since the U.S. Department of Transportation began keeping crash statistics in 1975, we must continue to further the trend," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves at a June...
June 12, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
Unions and anti-truck groups are opposing President Obama's appointment of Anne Ferro to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) because, as President of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, she supported the truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) regulations that have...
June 11, 2009
Written by: Brad Stotler
Environmental benefits of Clean Trucks Programs in southern California ports are ahead of schedule, writes Bill Mongelluzzo in his June 9 article in the Journal of Commerce.The goal of reducing truck pollution in the harbor by 80 percent in 5...
