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NewsJanuary 30, 2012

Options Media to Acquire Illume Software

Options Media Group Holdings will acquire 100% of the stock of Illume Software Inc., a Boston-based mobile software company that created iZup software, a solution to cellphone-related distracted driving

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NewsJanuary 30, 2012

Tennessee Highway Patrol Teams Up with CargoNet

CargoNet announced a new alliance with the Tennessee Highway Patrol to combat stolen goods in transit in Tennessee and surrounding states

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NewsJanuary 29, 2012

Hours of Service: Did FMCSA Find a Sweet Spot?

Almost no one is happy about the new hours of service rule. Maybe that means the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made the moves that will lead to stability, at long last. Or maybe not

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NewsJanuary 27, 2012

BTS Releases Interactive State Transportation Facts and Figures

The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics released State Transportation Facts and Figures, an interactive web transportation mapping application that allows customers to find and download state-by-state transportation data, comparisons and rankings

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NewsJanuary 25, 2012

House Readies Highway Bill

House Republicans will introduce a highway bill next week, said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Mica's announcement followed President Obama's call in his State of the Union address for funding the highway program with money not spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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NewsJanuary 25, 2012

FMCSA Clarifies Push-to-Talk Guidance

FMCSA released updated FAQs on its new handheld mobile telephone ban to clarify that the use of the push-to-talk function on mobile phones is permitted, under certain limited conditions

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NewsJanuary 25, 2012

Carriers Responding to New Health Care Costs

More than 80% of carriers report that recent health care changes will adversely affect them, according to the recent fourth quarter national Business Expectations Survey by Transport Capital Partners

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NewsJanuary 20, 2012

Judge Rejects Navistar Bid for SCR Engine Recall

A federal judge rejected Navistar's bid to have the Environmental Protection Agency recall 2010 engines that use selective catalytic reduction to meet emission standards. The judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said Navistar's arguments for the recall are not persuasive and dismissed the case

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NewsJanuary 18, 2012

Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Proposal

President Obama announced that his administration is rejecting the controversial proposal for the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which would have transported 700,000 barrels of oil daily from Canada, Montana and the Dakotas to U.S. refineries in Houston

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NewsJanuary 18, 2012

Booz Allen: America Needs to 'Reimagine' Infrastructure

As the nation prepares for Obama's 2012 State of the Union address, Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm, outlined items it says should be included in any discussion about the country's aging infrastructure

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