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Push for LCVs begs the question: Where are they going to park'em? - 108 days ago The renewed push by big trucking and shipper groups for longer combination vehicles ? or LCVs ? has OOIDA leaders questioning where they are all going to park. OOIDA?s Director of Regulatory Affairs Joe Rajkovacz said that if Congress passes federal legislation allowing more states to have LCVs, few states have adequate truck parking spaces to accommodate trucks longer than 80 feet. From the LL blog: The environment and longer, heavier trucks - 108 days ago Associate Editor Dave Tanner wants to know where the proponents of longer, heavier trucks get their environmental statistics from ? and why some agencies and lawmakers take the bait. First look at the House's four-year transportation bill - 108 days ago At first glance, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee?s four-year surface transportation bill contains some wins for small-business trucking, but will those be enough to overcome possible deal breakers such as longer and heavier trucks on federal highways? Here?s a look inside the bill. OOIDA leadership continues to review the contents of the 700-plus page bill. Could Washington state soon reclassify port truckers as employees? - 108 days ago Port truckers in Washington state would be reclassified as employees in a bill moving through the statehouse. The House Labor and Workforce Development Committee voted Monday, Jan. 30, in favor of a revised bill that would deem drayage truck operators, as well as any owner-operators going onto a port, to be employees of companies that ?directly engages the services.? Tennessee man sentenced to 10 years in sex trafficking case - 108 days ago A Memphis man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday, Jan. 27, for violating the Mann Act. Charles Kizer, 53, of Memphis, pleaded guilty in federal court on Aug. 31, 2011, to violating the Mann Act by ?transporting a woman across state lines for the purpose of having her engage in prostitution.? |
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