Tag Archive for ‘transportation’

Removing Roadblocks to Improved Transportation Productivity

This Op-ed by James H. Burnley, chairman, CleanerSaferTrucking, Inc. originally appeared in The Hill’s Congress Blog. As America struggles to reignite its flagging economy, a policy debate is raging in Washington, D.C. about how to increase our productivity, create jobs in our economy, and enhance our ability to compete globally. At the forefront of this debate [...]

How Will Rising Fuel Prices Affect Transportation?

This guest post is provided by Michael Koploy. Koploy, an ERP Analyst at Software Advice, provides consumers with reviews and comparisons of transportation management software for Software Advice. The original post on this topic can be found here. Businesses are successfully run on efficient transportation, and efficient transportation requires cheap gasoline to survive. When fuel [...]

Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure First!

The Obama Administration’s latest proposal to spend $53 billion on an intercity high-speed passenger rail network over the next six years is surprising given the Administration’s previously announced (and unfunded) plans to invest in the nation’s current infrastructure. So, when Vice President Joe Biden unveiled the high-speed passenger rail plan last month, it was met [...]

Guest blogger FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro: Adding women can strengthen the trucking industry

This blog post by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro, originally appeared in “The Fast Lane — The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation” on March 17th. Women are thriving in every sector of our society.  We are leading businesses and serving at the highest levels of government.  We are succeeding in [...]

Meeting of the Minds at the Swedish Embassy Highlights Industry’s Progress and Future Challenges

Last month, American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Volvo Trucks North America, part of the Volvo Group based in Gothenburg, Sweden, co-sponsored an event at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. “The Future of Freight Transportation” was attended by more than 100 transportation executives and other stakeholders and served as a timely forum to discuss important [...]

Obama’s Infrastructure Investment Proposal – Good Vision, But Where’s the Money?

Since President Obama introduced his new — and massive — infrastructure investment proposal last month, the initiative has been making headlines nationwide. Though we welcome his attention to the issue, it’s difficult not to wonder: Why now and why wasn’t this more of a priority in the stimulus package? Though there are many strong opinions [...]

Accelerating Truck Safety through Technology — A Congressman’s View

Throughout 2010, while Congress and the transportation industry debated how to improve our transportation infrastructure, data from an important research study was being analyzed to help accelerate progress in another promising area for truck safety — the adoption of advanced “detect, alert and respond” safety technologies for commercial trucks. Con-way Freight joined with the University [...]

It’s Time to Create Sustainable Funding for Transportation Infrastructure

As those of us in the transportation industry are all too aware, America’s infrastructure of roads and bridges is crumbling, and cash-strapped states are digging deep to find funds to take on the problem. It won’t be cheap and it won’t be easy — a recent Transportation Funding Study found that more than $3 billion [...]

Kraft Foods Shows Congress Truck Weight Reform is a Smart Delivery

New federal legislation presents a unique opportunity to safely improve the efficiency and sustainability of truck shipments. The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA), now pending in both the House and Senate, would give states the option to set interstate weight limits of up to 97,000 pounds for trucks equipped with a sixth axle. Without [...]

While the Highway Trust Fund Collapses, the Federal Government Spends Billions for “High-Speed” Passenger Rail

If you are looking for news from Washington that will brighten your day, please stop reading now! Since the 1950s when legislation was enacted to build the Interstate Highway System, Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law, a renewal of the federal commitment to surface transportation infrastructure every few years. While initially [...]