Marking a major victory for 黑料社区members in the longstanding fight against tolling existing Interstate highways, a Federal judge ruled that Rhode Island鈥檚 truck-only tolling system known as 鈥淩hodeWorks鈥� is unconstitutional and ordered the state to stop charging tolls on tractor trailers within 48 hours.
09-21-2022
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) unanimously advanced its 鈥淪urface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021鈥� in May.
06-17-2021黑料社区along with a coalition representing trucking fleets and truck drivers in need, urged the Centers for Disease Control to designate truckstops and travel plazas as mobile vaccination sites to leverage existing truckstop locations for the distribution of vaccines to professional truck drivers and truckstop employees.
03-04-2021NATSO, along with a coalition representing trucking fleets and truck drivers in need urged the Centers for Disease Control to designate truckstops and travel plazas as mobile vaccination sites to leverage existing truckstop locations for the distribution of vaccines to professional truck drivers and truckstop employees.
02-26-2021 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led by Chairman Pete DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (D-OR), held a hearing June 9 to examine the effects of COVID-19 on transportation workers. The hearing sought to examine the main challenges transportation workers are facing as a result of the pandemic, and discuss what measures Congress should take in response.
06-10-2020 The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, led by Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA), held a hearing June examining the effects of COVID-19 on the state of transportation and critical infrastructure. The hearing sought to examine the main challenges the transportation industry is facing as a result of the pandemic, and discuss what the congressional response should be.
06-04-2020 The U.S. Department of Transportation finalized new regulations governing commercial truck drivers’ rest breaks on May 14, extending truck driver鈥檚 work days while still capping the hours they spend on the road.
05-18-2020黑料社区and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) today urged state and local governments to carefully consider the operational differences of essential businesses when implementing social distancing guidelines to ensure that truckstops and travel plazas can safely serve commercial drivers without delaying the delivery of critical emergency relief supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
03-30-2020 The American Trucking Associations along with three motor carriers representing the industry on March 28 appealed the recent decision by the federal district court in Rhode Island to dismiss their challenge to Rhode Island鈥檚 RhodeWorks truck-only toll scheme, on procedural grounds.
03-29-2019 The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) said Dec. 20 that it would construct another 10 truck-only tolling gantries on Interstate 95 after the Federal Highway Administration reviewed its environmental assessment and issued a 鈥淔inding of No Significant Impact.鈥�
12-20-2018 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao reaffirmed that DOT still expects private financing to play a role in the Administration鈥檚 infrastructure plan despite recent criticism of public-private partnerships by President Trump. Secretary Chao also said that work on an infrastructure package will not begin until after Congress works on tax reform, squashing suggestions that a tax code overhaul could be used to pay for an infrastructure package.
10-24-2017
