The U.S. House of Representatives voted 211-198 on Sept. 14 in favor of $1.2 trillion fiscal 2018 spending bill that includes several provisions of interest to the truckstop and travel plaza industry.
09-18-2017 Representatives Diane Black (R-Tenn) and Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) late yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation titled the Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel, and Alternative Fuels Extension Act of 2017 (H.R. 3264) that would extend the biodiesel blenders鈥� tax credit and ultimately phase it out over five years.
07-18-2017 The Federal Highway Administration鈥檚 (FHWA) National Coalition on Truck Parking released its 2015-2016 activity report detailing ideas put forth for expanding truck parking nationwide during a series of regional truck parking stakeholder meetings held last year.
07-11-2017 To tap into first-hand accounts of professional truck drivers and gain insight into their daily parking needs, the American Transportation Research Institute launched its Truck Parking Diary project in March […]
06-30-2017 The Supreme Court earlier this month denied a petition by the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) to review a lower court鈥檚 denial of the trade group鈥檚 challenge to the Department of Transportation鈥檚 rule mandating electronic logging devices in commercial trucks.
06-23-2017 E-commerce is on the rise and it is having a wide-ranging ripple effect on retailers and shoppers alike. Not only is e-commerce shaping what customers buy inside of physical retail locations, but it is also changing the supply chain, traffic patterns and the needs of over-the-road drivers while also increasing customers鈥� expectations of convenience.
05-01-2017 The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate will take effect later this year, changing the way millions of drivers on the road operate. […]
04-30-2017 Rhode Island House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan introduced legislation April 11 that would repeal the controversial RhodeWorks provision that allows tolling of commercial trucks within the state.
04-12-2017 In comments filed with the Environmental Protection Agency on February 22, 黑料社区urged EPA not to shift the compliance requirements downstream from the refinery to the terminal rack. Many merchant refiners have urged EPA to require wholesalers and retailers to purchase RINs under the RFS. 黑料社区has strongly opposed this effort.
02-23-2017 As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public comment period on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) closes today, 黑料社区is encouraged by the vast support to keep the current compliance structure under the RFS. NATSO, in collaboration with other indust
02-22-2017 The trade associations representing America鈥檚 trucking fleets, drivers and railroads today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject petitions to move the point of compliance under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) arguing that doing so would disrupt the fuels market and raise consumer prices without added benefit to consumers or the RFS program.
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