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Irregular ratings: CSA snafus

James Jaillet | July 02, 2012

More than a year after taking effect, the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program still frustrates carriers, drivers and others with what they believe are serious flaws. Inspections took on a new importance in December 2010, when ...

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House defeats transportation bill spending cap motion

Aaron Huff | June 11, 2012

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, June 8, defeated a motion to instruct conferees on the transportation reauthorization bill that would have limited spending for fiscal year 2013 to $37.5 billion, which is $15 ...

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Congress starts work to pass highway bill

Jill Dunn | May 10, 2012

House-Senate conferees have started work to pass the first multi-year surface transportation reauthorization legislation in seven years. Forty-seven conference members met for the first time May 8 to begin the compromise process between House and Senate ...

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TIFIA transportation project loan program under fire

Jill Dunn | May 02, 2012

Congress will begin reconciling Senate and House highway reauthorization bills next week that contain significantly increased funding for a loan program that’s criticized as providing credit for too many public-private toll projects. On May 8, conferees ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking

The FMCSA's quick-strike sweep through "high-risk" passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency's definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.