Oregon became the first state to establish a voluntary per-mile vehicle tax as an alternative method for infrastructure funding when the Oregon State Legislature overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 810.
07-10-2013 New Jersey is set to allow private companies to sponsor rest areas and service areas in return for their upkeep after the New Jersey Senate voted unanimously to advance a bill to Gov. Chris Christie that would authorize corporate sponsorship on rest areas along the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and other state-owned highways.
07-08-2013 Fuel retailers in Connecticut and Massachusetts now can join the growing list of gas stations across the nation disconnecting their Stage II vapor recovery systems.
07-08-2013 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals as the new standard for hazard communication (HAZCOM). Effective Dec. 1, 2013, employers must ensure that employees are trained on the new labeling elements and Safety Data Sheet formats.
07-08-2013 In a victory for the No Tolls I-95 Coalition, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory last week signed the Strategic Mobility Formula (H.B. 817) into law, which will change the way the state prioritizes road funding projects and limit the state’s ability to impose tolls.
07-01-2013 Despite pending litigation, the Federal Motor Carrier Association’s revised Hours of Service (HOS) rule went into effect July 1.
07-01-2013 The adoption rate for natural gas trucks is increasing rapidly, according to Tom O’Brien, President and CEO of Travel Centers of America.
07-01-2013 With Congress increasingly critical of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), legislation introduced last week is taking a different tack: it would require that 30 percent of new automobiles in 2016 operate on non-petroleum fuels instead of, or in addition to, petroleum-based fuels. That figure would increase to 50 percent in 2017 and in subsequent years.
07-01-2013 Beginning July 1, a number of states will see changes to the price of fuel at the pump as new taxes take effect.
06-24-2013 The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a ruling in a Portsmouth court battle over tolls that has called into question the constitutionality of delegating legislative authority to set toll rates and focused national attention on the future of public-private transportation partnerships in the state.
06-24-2013 The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by the American Petroleum Institute (API) to block sales of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol (E-15).
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