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U.S. Reps Propose Truck Parking Expansion, Incentives for New Drivers

The proposed SHIP IT Act was created to increase safety and shipping capacity, and provide driver recruitment and retention incentives.

House Bill Would Spend $319 Billion on Highways, Postpone New HOS Rules

A $500 billion, five-year infrastructure bill introduced by the House of Representatives would not only fund highways and advance clean transportation efforts, but also would delay implementation of the new hours-of-service rule, require a rulemaking on driver detention, push revision of how motor carrier safety is measured under the CSA program.

Proposed Bills Would Update Insurance Minimums and Mandate Automatic Braking on Trucks

Two proposed bills in the House of Representatives aim to reduce harm caused by large truck crashes by updating the minimum insurance requirements for carriers and requiring automatic emergency braking to be standard on large commercial vehicles.

Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Raise Private-Investment Limit for Highway Projects

A bill that would raise the federal cap on private activity bonds for surface-transportation and freight-improvement projects has been rolled out to the House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.

ATA Takes Madison Avenue to Pitch Highway Funding on Capitol Hill

A new advertising and grassroots campaign by ATA might just sell Congress on fixing our roads. Commentary by David Cullen, Executive Editor.

Road Work Ahead: Beware Alarms and Dollar Signs

What’s holding back development and passage of a monumental infrastructure package is not politics. It’s plain old wrong-headed thinking, says Executive Editor David Cullen in his Passing Zone blog.

XPO Logistics Launches Internal Review of Workplace Culture and Policies

XPO Logistics has launched an internal review of company culture and policies after allegations surfaced of poor workplace conditions and discrimination against pregnant employees at one of its warehouses in Memphis, Tenn.

Roadwork Ahead: NATSO Deconstructs Shuster Infrastructure Draft

NATSO has already posted a detailed analysis of the draft plan for infrastructure-funding reform just released by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster.

Rep. Shuster Drafts Massive Infrastructure Plan

The “discussion draft” of a wide-ranging infrastructure plan just released by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster is receiving a warm welcome from stakeholder groups, but there’s no guarantee it will be hammered into law.

House Being Lobbied by 42 Groups to Pass Younger Trucker Bill

No less than 42 trade associations are urging House transportation leaders to back a bill that would create a training pathway for truck drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 to be able to operate in interstate commerce.

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U.S. Reps Propose Truck Parking Expansion, Incentives for New Drivers

House Bill Would Spend $319 Billion on Highways, Postpone New HOS Rules

Proposed Bills Would Update Insurance Minimums and Mandate Automatic Braking on Trucks

Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Raise Private-Investment Limit for Highway Projects

ATA Takes Madison Avenue to Pitch Highway Funding on Capitol Hill

Road Work Ahead: Beware Alarms and Dollar Signs

XPO Logistics Launches Internal Review of Workplace Culture and Policies

Roadwork Ahead: NATSO Deconstructs Shuster Infrastructure Draft

Rep. Shuster Drafts Massive Infrastructure Plan

House Being Lobbied by 42 Groups to Pass Younger Trucker Bill

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U.S. Reps Propose Truck Parking Expansion, Incentives for New Drivers

House Bill Would Spend $319 Billion on Highways, Postpone New HOS Rules

Proposed Bills Would Update Insurance Minimums and Mandate Automatic Braking on Trucks

Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Raise Private-Investment Limit for Highway Projects

ATA Takes Madison Avenue to Pitch Highway Funding on Capitol Hill

Road Work Ahead: Beware Alarms and Dollar Signs

XPO Logistics Launches Internal Review of Workplace Culture and Policies

Roadwork Ahead: NATSO Deconstructs Shuster Infrastructure Draft

Rep. Shuster Drafts Massive Infrastructure Plan

House Being Lobbied by 42 Groups to Pass Younger Trucker Bill

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