[Source: FreightWaves] Class 8 truck orders remained strong in October at 42,500 units following September’s record 53,700 bookings. But slowing profits at truckload carriers may soon throw orders into reverse. Rising fuel prices and slower earnings at truckload companies may depress orders. “We view the strength as transitory and reflective of pent-up demand pouring in Read More…
Tag: transportation
Judge rejects Trump administration challenge to California cap-and-trade program
[Source: The Hill] A federal judge on Friday upheld a California program that caps carbon emissions from the transportation sector after the Trump administration sued the state over it. The Justice Department last year challenged the cap-and-trade program, which aims to improve air quality and allows companies in the state to trade emissions credits with Read More…
Supervisor Kathryn Barger joins South Coast AQMD Governing Board
[Source: SCAQMD] Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger was sworn in [Friday, December 6th] as the newest member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) Governing Board, replacing Supervisor Janice Hahn as the County of Los Angeles’s representative. Barger was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in November Read More…
More states hitting electric vehicle owners with high fees
[Source: Consumer Reports] A number of states are charging electric-vehicle owners fees that experts and consumer advocates say are higher than what the drivers of equivalent gas-powered vehicles are paying in gas taxes, potentially discouraging an important environmentally friendly technology. Almost all states have gasoline taxes to help pay for transportation projects, and electric-vehicle owners Read More…
L.A.’s slow buses aren’t just shedding riders, they’re becoming climate liabilities
[Source: Los Angeles Times] In the movie “Speed,” the inconceivable happens: Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves operate a bus during morning rush hour in Los Angeles maintaining a minimum speed of 50 mph. If this feat was implausible when the movie was released 25 years ago, it would be just about impossible today. Average bus Read More…
Despite sharp growth in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising
[Source: Julie Cart] It is tempting to employ any number of puns when considering California’s transportation future: The state is at a crossroads, its policies could run out of gas, dangerous curves lie ahead. But keeping in mind that the state’s climate policies demand the wholesale electrification of transportation, here’s another: California must reinvent not Read More…
L.A. weighs charging drivers by the mile, adding freeway tolls to cut congestion
[Source: Los Angeles Times] For years, Southern California lawmakers have tried to steer clear of decisions that make driving more expensive or miserable, afraid of angering one of their largest groups of constituents. But now, transportation officials say, congestion has grown so bad in Los Angeles County that politicians have no choice but to contemplate Read More…
Labor Commissioner releases “blacklist” of port trucking companies
[Source: CalChamber] A new law, SB 1402, went into effect on January 1 of this year and imposes joint liability on client employers who hire port drayage motor carriers (port trucking companies) with certain unpaid employment-related judgments. Under Labor Code section 2810.4, a “port drayage motor carrier” includes any company or individual that hires or Read More…
Rush hour fee: ‘Congestion pricing’ plan proposed for LA commuters
[Source: CBSLA/News] It’s no secret that Los Angeles has some of the worst traffic in the world, but now county leaders are considering a plan that would charge commuters for driving in traffic-congested areas during rush hour. Metro and several other groups are pushing for “Congestion Pricing.” “Congestion Pricing is basically a way to relieve Read More…