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Senate Bill Addresses Truck Parking

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would address problems with truck parking, authorizing $755 million in grant funding to expand commercial truck parking capacity. The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act was introduced Dec. 1…

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Address Truck Parking Shortage

Trucking Law Enforcement Group Urges States to Address Truck Parking Shortage. ATAs’ Law Enforcement Advisory Board sent a letter to all 50 governors and state departments of transportation urging them to apply for…

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Alabama Proposes Truck Toll

Alabama authorities last month proposed a plan to place a toll on tractor trailers only to help fund the construction of a new bridge. During a news conference held in Spanish Fort, Ala., City of…

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Congress Offers Infrastructure Bill

House Democrats rolled out a $500 billion draft transportation infrastructure bill on June 3 that includes significant investments in the country’s aging roads and bridges, along with a call to strengthen rear under-ride guard standards…

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47,052 Bridges Deficient, Report Says

The length of America’s structurally deficient bridges, if placed end-to-end, would span nearly 1,100 miles, the distance between Chicago and Houston, a new examination of federal government data shows. And it’s a problem that hits…

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Gasoline Tax Under Debate …again

hen the federal government last raised the gas tax, Hillary Clinton was the first lady of the United States. Mark Zuckerberg was a nerdy nine-year-old in suburban New York. America’s interstate highway system was...

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