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New Montana law will raise truck speed limits
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed into law this month a bill that will raise the speed limit for trucks on interstates from 65 to 70 miles per hour. The bill also raises the speed limit for trucks on other highways in the state from 60 to 65 mph.
May 16, 2019
Business
Interstate speed limits could increase to 75 in parts of West Virginia
Lawmakers in West Virginia this month passed a resolution that gives the state’s transportation secretary the ability to raise speed limits on interstates within the state to 75 miles per hour. It is unclear at this point which interstates WV DOT may target for a speed limit increase.
March 15, 2019
Business
Minnesota raises speed limits to 60 on over 5,000 miles of highways
The Minnesota Department of Transportation will increase speeds on 5,240 miles of highway based on the results of a five-year study completed last week. The increases are effective as soon as new signs are posted. Many signs are already up, and the rest are expected to be in place by spring.
January 28, 2019
Business
Speed limits lowered on five rural Texas highways
Speed limits on U.S. Highway 285, Highway 302, RM 652 and Highway 18 in two locations will be reduced by 5 miles per hour.
January 4, 2019
Business
Michigan to begin increasing speed limits on 1,500 miles of highway
The Michigan DOT, along with Michigan State Police, found 900 miles of non-freeway state highways to increase the speed limit for trucks to 55 miles per hour, and 600 miles of interstate highways to 65 miles per hour for trucks.
April 27, 2017
Channel 19
North Dakota contemplating 80-mph speed limit
How fast is fast enough? Revisiting the question in light of a potential boost in speed limits to 80 mph in North Dakota, and more on Trump’s two-for-one out/in regulatory order …
February 6, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Mailbag: One operator’s ‘hairy’ trip speed-limited at 65, more views on limiter mandate proposal
In response to recent polling, the largest share of reader respondents object to any speed limiter mandate. A larger share of responses considered together, though, favor speed settings well above the speeds the DOT analyzed within the proposed rule’s text. More voices on the proposed mandate in this podcast.
September 13, 2016
Voices
Texas Trucking Association president calls for speed limit reduction
And readers sound off on speed in the wake of South Dakota’s early-April introduction of an 80-mph top speed limit.
April 23, 2015
Business
It’s the little things, like Google
Not rocket science: Allow small things to go faster than large things… they’ll explode into stardust when they hit the large things.
March 20, 2015
Business
Bill introduced in Missouri would boost state top speed limit
Bill H.B. 295 was introduced by Rep. Mike Kelley in the Missouri state house to boost the maximum speed limit possible within the state’s borders from 70 to 75 miles per hour.
January 7, 2015
Business
ATA asks Texas to reconsider 85 mph highway
The American Trucking Associations is urging the Texas Transportation Commission to reverse its decision to allow vehicles to travel 85 miles per hour on a privately-managed stretch of State Highway 130.
September 11, 2012
Business
85 mph speed limit on the horizon?
Two weeks ago, Texas Department of Transportation officials told media sources of a feasibility study to consider an 85 mph speed limit on State Highway 130.
June 25, 2012
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