FAA shakes up air traffic control management
Aviation authorities further shook up air traffic management on Friday following embarrassing incidents involving sleeping controllers and mistakes handling first lady Michelle Obama’s plane.
Truck stop right in twistera s path
By MARY BETH JACKSON Correspondent For 20 of his 32 years as a truck driver, Kerry Connor has been hauling equipment for W.O. Grubb Crane Rental.
SPECIAL REPORT: Obama releases ‘draft’ of highway bill
President Obama released a partial draft of his vision for a six-year surface transportation authorization bill Friday, April 29. While not complete, the document sheds important light on the administration’s vision for highways and bridges, motor ca…
Could tolls return to Connecticut?
An effort to resurrect highway tolls in Connecticut is one step closer to getting the go-ahead. State officials removed tolls from the Connecticut Turnpike in the mid-’80s. The Legislature’s Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee voted 37-15 to adv…
Lawmakers lash back at cross-border plan
Questions of legal authority, irresponsible spending and national security plagued the newly unveiled plan to open the border to long-haul trucks. The Department of Transportation released a plan on Friday, April 8, which published in the Federal Regis…
Additional comments sought on possible EOBR harassment issues
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking additional public comment on the potential for electric on-board recorders to be used as a harassment tool against drivers. The comment period is open through May 23.
Sirius XM Road Dog programming moving to Channel 106
Land Line Now and all the rest of the Road Dog programming will move to a new channel Wednesday, May 4. Instead of 147 on Sirius and 171 on XM, all the programming will be on channel 106.
Representing himself, preacher turned trucker sues CA
A preacher turned truck driver is suing California over a highway’s design, not long after being released from jail for his traffic wreck prosecution.
CVSA Roadcheck coming June 7-9
Roadcheck 2011, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 72-hour safety blitz, is scheduled for June 7-9, 2011. Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with approximately 14 trucks or buses being ins…
From the LL blog: Epic fail
For more than two years now, small-business truckers have been waiting patiently as the current administration promises to get cash flowing to them. Staff Writer Clarissa Kell-Holland examines why the Small Business Lending Fund is not lending.