High-speed rail program scrapped during budget talks
Lawmakers have scrapped a $1.5 billion budget request by President Obama for a high-speed rail program that would have been funded by the Highway Trust Fund. OOIDA leadership says the action sends a strong signal about transportation priorities as Cong…
Florida lawmakers pursue reversal on red-light camera use
A year after Florida lawmakers gave communities around the state the green light to pursue automated enforcement cameras, a legislative effort at the capitol would repeal the authority.
New York bill intended to simplify movement of certain loads
A bill halfway through the statehouse is intended to simplify movement of truck loads between upstate New York and Long Island. The Senate voted unanimously to advance to the Assembly a bill that would authorize a nondivisible load permit issued by the…
Renewed interest in natural gas as fuel prices soar
As fuel prices again soar above $4 per gallon, there is a renewed effort to support the use of natural gas. On Wednesday, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens and U.S. lawmakers plan to attend an event in Washington, DC, to educate the public about the i…
Not born to run: No truck idling in NJ after May 1
One of the East Coast’s most important trucking states is preparing to ban trucks older than the 2007 model year from idling altogether beginning on May Day. New Jersey, which has enforced a limited idling ban that allowed idling during federally requi…
Watch for Kansas ad valorem paperwork
Are you aware that Kansas and Arkansas have a property tax on motor carriers? Every spring, if you run your own federal authority, you should receive a property valuation form from these two states. Kansas mailed out nearly 36,000 forms this past week,…
Court upholds cops’ quota complaint
In Los Angeles, two LAPD officers who complained about being forced to write a quota of traffic tickets have been awarded $2 million by a jury.
After tear in a 737, asking what’s old for a plane
In this April 3, 2011 file photo, a member of the National Transportation and Safety Board investigating the emergency landing of Southwest Airlines flight 812 cuts away a portion of the planes fuselage, in Yuma, Ariz.
Labor Issues
Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute have created the Driving Healthy online resource network for commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Lone Star Large Car Gathering
[ April 30, 2011; ] LONE STAR LARGE CAR GATHERING, San Antonio Raceway, 3641 South Santa Clara Road, Marion TX, (325) 473-8888, www.sananonioraceway.com.