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Amendment defeats heavier trucks

February 1, 2012

A bipartisan amendment to require a study of the impact of heavier truck weight limits was approved.

The Apnea Hurdle

February 1, 2012

Coming regulations would force reckoning with a condition common to truckers. And that’s not all that could make passing the medical exam even harder.

Trade with Canada, Mexico rose in Nov.

January 31, 2012

U.S.-Canada trade rose 12.2 percent to $44.3 billion, and U.S.-Mexico trade gained 13.3 percent to $32.4 billion.

DOT awards research grants

January 17, 2012

Agency dispensed $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers to advance transportation research and education programs.

Freight index up in November

January 11, 2012

Freight TSI rose 0.1 percent in November from October and 4.8 percent from a year earlier.

DOT to provide $1.6B for road, bridge repairs

January 9, 2012

Money will be available to states and territories to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters.

NAFTA trade rises in October

January 5, 2012

U.S.-Canada trade increased 14.1 percent year-over-year to $46.4 billion, while U.S.-Mexico gained 9.1 percent to $32.6 billion.

Gem City Tire adds new center

January 3, 2012

Gem City Tire has opened a 30,000-square-foot full-service truck tire center in Sharonville, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. The sixth such center for Gem City Tire, the Sharonville facility ...

Be ready for second year of CSA

December 22, 2011

CSA's first year might have seemed benign to you, but it’s still warming up. Be prepared for a closer acquaintance in 2012.

DOT awards $511M in transportation grants

December 15, 2011

Roughly 48 percent of the funding will go to road and bridge projects.
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