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Roundup: Strange bedfellows, scale-house burger, Android barker
Legislation can make for odd bedfellows among supporters, Wendy Parker orders a cheeseburger — at the wrong drive-through, and Mack Trucks’ Bulldog magazine gets new digital distribution.
May 9, 2013
Business
Idaho ups truck weight limit to 129,000 pounds
In deciding to permanently adopt a recent pilot program, Idaho is implementing July 1 a law that will allow trucks weighing up to 129,000 pounds on some roads.
April 8, 2013
Business
Restart study part of transportation bill
If the provision makes it through to final legislation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would have to do a field study of the restart rule.
February 6, 2012
Business
Amendment defeats heavier trucks
A bipartisan amendment to require a study of the impact of heavier truck weight limits was approved.
February 1, 2012
Business
Congress gets letter to back heavier trucks
Law would offer each state the authority to open portions of its Interstate network to six-axle trucks that can ship more freight.
July 19, 2011
Business
LogBook
CSA rankings, a weight pilot program, use of heavier trucks and a new hours rule proposal are among the industry news items featured.
January 4, 2011
Overdrive Extra
‘Monster train’ and other freight supersizers
You might have missed news of Union Pacific testing to see just how long a train can be. I didn’t know of it until reading a Wall Street Journal story this week. Writer Jennifer Levitz cites the train as an example of pressures in rail and ocean shipping, as well as trucking, to haul more […]
August 17, 2010
Business
Transportation bill adds heavy trucks provision
Bill includes 1-year program granting heavier trucks greater use of Interstate highways in Maine and Vermont.
December 14, 2009
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