Report on road conditions details progress
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Report on road conditions details progress (Fleet Owner)"According to the Reason Foundation’s 17th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, six of seven key performance indicators that measure total highway performance improved from 2005 to 2006 and that was thanks to 2005 federal highway legislation that provided new dollars for roads, bridges and transit systems."
Other trucking industry headlines from Thursday, July 31, 2008:
Bulk Transporter
Windsor calls for comprehensive energy plan
Peters discusses new Administration plan
OOIDA takes issue with Bush highway plan
Maps of fatal accident sites available online
Mack Trucks adds SCR Q&A on Web site
Truck Tonnage increases in June
FMCSA adds 4 HOS documents to interim rule
Fleet Owner
Bendix shows off discs
FleetCards USA website launches
Latest version of TMT Fleet Maintenance
Fuel-saving webcast boasts experts Osterberg and Booth
Outsourced Logistics
More Air Mergers—Now British Air and Iberia are Talking
TNT June Express Volume Down
Fed Transport Plan Calls for Tolls, Private Funding
Con-way Inc. Shows Quarterly Growth
Rails Ask Shippers to Share Risk
Rail Carloads Up
Refrigerated Transporter
Frozen Food Express makes money in 2Q
Trailer/Body Builders
Cummins Reports Record Quarterly Financial Results
Eaton Acquires Engine Valves Business of Kirloskar Oil Engines
Volvo, Mack Trucks Headed For Ports
Blogs
Working hard (Trucks At Work)
"I interviewed Jim Boyd yesterday for a story you’ll see in this space pretty soon here. But his quote above really struck me as it summed up (to my mind, anyway) how important it truly is to make sure heavy-duty truck technicians – like drivers – understand how important their job is within the trucking world of today. That’s the sort of the reasoning behind the slideshow below – to shine the light on a job that gets overlooked, if not just completely taken for granted, in the daily hustle and bustle of the freight word. Enjoy!"
Other stories
Trucking company gives $1 million for bike safety education (The Oregonian)
The Ireland Trucking Co. has agreed to donate more than $1 million to promote bicycle safety. The money will go into the Jane Higdon Memorial Fund, named after a Eugene woman killed when her bicycle slipped under an Ireland logging truck in May 2006.
Proposed bill would ban Mexican trucks (Transport Topics)
Mexican trucks would be barred from U.S. highways, and the Department of Transportation prohibited from enacting future cross-border programs for Mexican truckers under a measure introduced in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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