At Netroots Nation, a Discussion of Transportation Priorities
Netroots Nation is the now-annual gathering of the blogospheric and activist left, launched originally by Markos Moulitsas, the proprietor of the Daily Kos blog. For all the cursing at business that...
View ArticleManufacturing Not Yet Ready to Shift into High Gear
Truckinfo.com covers a panel of economists attending the American Trucking Associations’ annual management conference in Phoenix. Among the speakers was Dave Huether, the NAM’s chief economist. From...
View ArticlePut U.S.-Mexican Cross-Border Trucking Program in Place
The San Antonio Express editorializes, “Swift action needed on NAFTA trucking deal,” emphasizing the economic costs of delays, that is, Mexico’s continued imposition of tariffs on U.S. manufactured...
View ArticleJobs
From Congress Daily: Two groups representing key parochial interests for House Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders Thursday issued strong objections to a Senate global warming bill that fell to a...
View ArticleForced Unionization: One Goal of Labor-Environmentalist Alliance
From The Los Angeles Times, “Port of L.A. is urged to stop lobbying over clean-trucks program,” with the sub-headline: “The port wants permission to regulate truckers as part of its effort to reduce...
View ArticleSurface Transportation Bill, The Road to Needed Investment
The National Association of Manufacturers joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Trucking Associations and AAA in calling for increased support for surface transportation infrastructure — and...
View ArticleLabor Makes ‘Green’ Claims to Force Out Competitors
An alliance between Big Labor and environmental groups has been working on multiple fronts to drive small, independent truckers out of the port business with the goal of unionizing larger operators....
View ArticleTransportation Policy: The Realities of Freight, U.S. Economy
Thank you Bill Graves, president of the American Trucking Associations, for contributing to the National Journal’s “Experts: Transportation” blog discussion of motorized versus non-motorized traffic....
View ArticleThe Realities of the U.S. Economy
Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing nearly 69 percent of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, including manufactured and retail goods. Trucks...
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