Transportation DRIC Lives: Mich House approves bridge project August 1, 2014 LANSING, Mich. -- It was close, but the DRIC bridge project narrowly escaped the axe late last night.
Transportation Court denies Ambassador’s appeal over Gateway work August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- The temporary stay of a judge's order that the Ambassador Bridge must redo construction work as part of the Detroit Gateway project has been dissolved.
Transportation Blue Water backs public DRIC bridge in Windsor August 1, 2014 SARNIA, Ont. -- The President of the Blue Water Bridge (BWB) linking Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Mich. says he has no problem with a proposed new public-private bridge in nearby Windsor-Detroit.
Transportation Truck tonnage shows ‘solid, sustainable’ advance: ATA August 1, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. - The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased another 0.9 percent in April -- the sixth time in the last seven months.
Transportation Can-Am truck trade up by over a third in March August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade totaled $42.1 billion in March, up 35.6 percent compared to March 2009.
Transportation Rates, capacity rises sharply stateside August 1, 2014 NEW YORK -- As capacity continues to tighten in the U.S., truckload rates in certain markets are spiking faster than at anytime in the last two years.
Transportation Owner-ops challenge EOBR rule in court August 1, 2014 GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- A legal challenge of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) regulation has been filed by a group of owner-operators.
Transportation FMCSA allows scanned driver logs August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- In a bid to simplify record keeping requirements for driver logs, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration say sit will allow drivers to scan an image of their original log and send it to the carrier.
Transportation Deck replacement on Ambassador Bridge starts in July August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- Traffic on the Ambassador Bridge between Michigan and Ontario may be thicker than usual come next month.
Transportation DRIC bridge would make money right away: report August 1, 2014 DETROIT -- A second, publicly controlled bridge at the Windsor-Detroit Gateway would generate about $70 million in its first year, increasing to $240 million by 2035.
Transportation Coalition looks to replace border rail tunnel August 1, 2014 WINDSOR, Ont. -- As the political battle continues for construction of new bridges across the Detroit River, a new group has formed to try and undercut the process.
Transportation Truckload rates ready to ‘ignite’: JOC August 1, 2014 NEWARK, N.J. -- Recovery in the trucking industry may have lagged rail or marine shipping, but rates are now on the verge of propelling sharply.
Transportation DOT to put cash to fixing truck-parking shortage August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. DOT says it will spend $6 million to expand commercial truck parking capacity on five U.S. interstates.
Transportation Container chassis ‘roadability’ rule takes effect August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The Federal Carrier Motor Safety Administration's "roadability" rule for intermodal container chassis goes into effect tomorrow, June 30.
Transportation Survey Says: Truckers keen on acquisitions August 1, 2014 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- With the eye of the recessionary storm long past, carriers are showing more interest in acquisitions and mergers, according to a Business Expectation Survey by Transport Capital Partners.
