County could yank Metrorail funding
Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny Loudoun Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York on April 12 said county leaders could be prepared to yank funding from phase two of the Metrorail project should the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority not …
RIT study ranks 10 most efficient powertrains, 10 lowest energy consumption chassis
Clark Hochgraf at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) presented a paper at this week’s SAE 2011 World Congress that examined the powertrain and braking efficiency (PABE) of a wide spectrum of light duty vehicles to create a list of the te…
Alliance Truck Parts Rebrands to Emphasize All-Makes Offerings
Alliance Truck Parts unveiled a new brand identity campaign aiming to emphasize its offering of all-makes parts and bring it out from the shadow of parent company Daimler Trucks North America.
IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th
Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. Click to enlarge.
A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual
global ranking published by …
Opry Mills plans to reopen in spring of 2012
Opry Mills Mall set to reopen Spring 2012: Move will restore 3000 jobs, boost tax revenue and tourism, says mayor Gregg Goodman, president of The Mills announces that Opry Mills will reopen in 2012 Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at a press conference in Nashv…
ZAMBIA: The economics of sex work
Given the choice, people preferred to pay for subsidized condoms in attractive packaging because it gave them greater social status, rather than using free condoms, an official in the northern Zambian town of Mpulungu told IRIN.
OOIDA handed another favorable ruling in C.R. England case
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Nuffer issued an order in late March that ruled in OOIDA’s favor on a major issue in the classwide accounting in the case of OOIDA v. C.R. England.
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…