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June 2007 - Posts
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There could be a fixed route bus service in New Braunfels next year if a consultant working with the regional transportation agency identifys that a need exists, officials said Wednesday.
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Man, a lot happened while I was on vacation! On Friday, June 29th, The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee amended a major FAA funding bill with the inclusion of the Express Carrier Employee Protection Act. The amendment would allow FedEx Read More...
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Let's get this out of the way right now: The state of logistics is good. Yet if you look at that all important number—logistics costs as a percent of GDP—you'll notice that it's just a hair under the magic 10 percent mark. In fact, in terms of dollars, logistics costs in 2006 were $130 billion higher than 2005, ringing in at $1.
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There have been times in the LTL industry when it seemed that nothing significant was happening in terms of market share, freight diversion, and rate leverage. Now is not one of those times. “This is a good time to put your LTL bids out,” says Satish Jindel, who tracks the LTL sector as principal of SJ Consulting.
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If it's contract time with your core truckload (TL) carriers you should be in negotiations for lower rates now to take advantage of the current overcapacity in the marketplace—because it's not expected to last. The TL sector accounts for $326 billion—or 45.7 percent—of the nation's total $713 billion U.
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WASHINGTON—The good news for shippers following two recent Teamsters union negotiations with UPS and a handful of LTL carriers is that there is scant chance of a national strike, such as the one that happened 10 years ago when Teamsters walked out for 15 days against UPS or when they struck the LTL sector in 1994.
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Download our free PDF today in the Download section. Attached Images. pilotpaygraphic.gif (6.2 KB)
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URL: http://bluefreightworld.com Status: active.
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Torrential rain snarled transportation in Mumbai as roads and rail lines were quickly submerged. Press Trust of India said Saturday commuter rail lines were submerged and a pending high tide was expected to make things even more miserable on the assumptio...
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The state Senate is expected to vote Saturday on a transportation plan that would dedicate $700 million dollars toward fixing the state's deteriorating highways and providing financial aid to cash-strapped mass transit agencies.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hours from the end of the fiscal year, the state Senate advanced a transportation package that would put tolls on Interstate 80 and raise $700 million next year through borrowing for the state's deteriorating highway system and struggling mass transit agencies.
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Seventy-one pages of Transportation Department e-mails and memos were released Friday to Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who has contended that the Transportation Department's intervention with EPA on California's emissions law was inappropriate and possibly illegal.
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Forum: Questions and Answers Posted By: danielna Post Time: June 30th, 2007 at 12:31 AM.
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This is a best of Freightdawg.com Article! Jerry M. Hempstead is a 32 year air express industry veteran and consultant. He is President of Hempstead Consulting based in Orlando, FL. Jerry is a contributing author to freightdawg.com and may be contacted Read More...
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representative from the Sixth District. Question: In the past I have given my neighbor a ride to the veterans' hospital in Erie for medical services. A new job, however, makes it impossible for me to help him on some days. Is there free transportation available to the facility?
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Tibet has saved 173 million yuan (22.8 million U.S. dollars) of transportation costs in the 11 months since the operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the first to link Tibet with the rest of China.
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Angel Flight is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing adults and children with free transportation to hospitals for needed medical care. Since 1996, volunteer pilots have answered over 30,000 flight requests and flown over 8 million miles.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Hours from the end of the fiscal year, the state Senate advanced a transportation package that would put tolls on Interstate 80 and raise $700 million next year through borrowing for the state's deteriorating highway system and struggling mass transit agencies.
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The Pennsylvania state Legislature is expected to break for the summer soon, placing any unsolved issues on hold until the fall. Thus, it is imperative that the Legislature acts now to approve a sustained, long-term funding solution for FACT, MMVTA and the rest of the state's public-transportation systems.
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The Senate Transportation Committee last night passed a new version of a transportation funding package that would raise more money for roads and mass transit, but would also fast-track higher tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Whether you walk, ride a bike, drive a car or ride the bus, you'll be seeing changes in downtown Minneapolis. The City Council approved a roadmap for the future of downtown transportation. Video: Darcy Pohland Reports More Traffic News
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state Senate panel has advanced a transportation package that would put tolls on Interstate 80 and raise $700 million for deteriorating highways and struggling mass transit agencies.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The state Senate is advancing a transportation plan in an effort to break a deadlock holding up a $27 billion-plus state budget.
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Hours from the end of the fiscal year, the state Senate appeared ready to approve a new transportation package.
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WASHINGTON Transportation Department officials sought to mobilize dozens of state and federal lawmakers against California's petition for an EPA waiver to implement its greenhouse gas law, documents released Friday show.
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CARSON CITY (AP) - Governor Jim Gibbons has completed a reshuffling of the Nevada Transportation Board, naming two new members a week after appointing Reno businessman Paul Morabito to the panel.
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The Sacramento Area Council of Governments has released a draft project list for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan, a federally required document that details how the region's leaders should spend money on transportation through 2035.
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Hours from the end of the fiscal year, the state Senate appeared ready Friday to approve a transportation package that would put tolls on Interstate 80 and raise nearly $1 billion next year through borrowing for the state's deteriorating highway system and struggling mass transit agencies.
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It has also said that transportation cost should be regulated on cost plus principle. The transportation cost should be equal at various locations. This would reduce the subsidy bill by approximately Rs 3,300 crore in the next three years.
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The Minneapolis City Council on Friday approved a transportation plan that's intended to keep people moving as downtown grows. The plan to be implemented over the next 10 years has something for everyone but not all of the money needed to make it happen. A key change would concentrate express buses serving suburbs on Marquette and 2nd Avs., by doubling to two the number of lanes dedicated to ...
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The Independent Transportation Network Orlando, which provides transportation services to the elderly, received a two-year grant of $370,873 from the Winter Park Health Foundation.
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Rural/Metro Corp. has been awarded a five-year contract to provide 911 emergency medical transportation services in Shelby County.
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As the first half of the year comes to a close, the transportation industry group of the S&P 500 index has a higher valuation than the index as a whole.
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In a letter addressed to City Manager Phil Kamlarz and emailed to Kamlarz and the press on June 20, five-plus-year transportation manager Peter Hillier tendered his resignation effective July 8.
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SEATTLE -- Design errors have caused millions of dollars in overruns on two transportation projects in the Seattle area. The Transportation Department says replacing cracked ramps on I-405 at Kirkland will cost as much as $6 million.
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Associated Press - June 29, 2007 11:05 AM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Design errors have caused millions of dollars in overruns on two transportation projects in the Seattle area.
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Intermodal Volume Down 1.2 Percent From Last Year, Container Volume Up 2.2 Percent, Trailer Volume Down 12.3 Percent.
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Three projects in Prince William County and Manassas totaling $18 million are included in the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority's proposed $102 million bond package.
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Republicans in the Pennsylvania House claim a limitation on the use of toll money will prevent a transportation bill passed by the House from delivering the kind of funds for roads and mass transit that have been promised.
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OSWEGO, NY - Residents and agencies of Oswego County will have the opportunity to learn more about the transportation options that exist in Oswego County by attending the Oswego County Transportation Forum.
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DESERONTO, Ont. (CP) - A small group of angry Mohawk protesters made good on their threats to disrupt transportation in Canada's busiest travel corridor on a national day of action to raise public awareness of native concerns such as poverty, health and land claims.
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Indian automotive manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has completed the first phase of its 'pre-feasibility study on hydrogen-based transportation in India', it has been confirmed.
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This weekend, President Bush's "Fast Track" trade negotiating authority expires for good. It has been a long and difficult five years for workers everywhere. With the expiration of Fast Track, perhaps this finally means that we can move ...
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ABF Freight System Inc. has been recognized by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) for exceptional security practices, earning the 2007 Excellence in Security Award from the ATA Security Council. The 2007 award was presented in ...
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The country's highest-ranking transportation official said Thursday that it's time for motorists to pay up if they want to beat freeway gridlock.
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The American Cancer Society, the nation's largest voluntary health organization, is expanding yet another program to help cancer patients when they need it most. Road to Recovery is a volunteer-based driving program that will provide transportation to and from medical centers for cancer patients undergoing treatment. Currently, the American Cancer Society is recruiting volunteers to help drive ...
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Fixes to two flawed transportation projects now under way on the Eastside will cost more than $8 million, with taxpayers paying up to $6...
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Myanmar has agreed with four other members of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) -- Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam on cooperation in freight transportation services as part of its bid to further the economic cooperation in the subregion.
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Today will likely mark the third "Hell Day" in a row of crippling Friday traffic on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, courtesy of a 21-month-long construction project under way on the span. But over on the Goethals Bridge, Staten Island ...
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It's been a bruising battle. And when the smoke cleared Thursday, state transportation commissioners had chosen the North Texas Tollway Authority over Cintra to build State Highway 121 in Collin and Denton Counties. But some involved say it's not over yet, as KERA's Shelley Kofler reports.
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OWLS HEAD (NEWS CENTER) -- Part of Maine culture is also knowing how to make things work. That's being celebrated Thursday night at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, as hundreds of people bid on pieces of the past.
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The idea of outsourcing school transportation is stirring up controversy in Bossier Parish. Thursday night the Long-Range Planning Commission is expected to hear from four companies and their proposals to run the transportation system at Bossier Parish Schools.
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TRANSPORTATION TO CANADA’S WONDERLAND $5 per person In support of the Children’s Miracle Network – Laidlaw is offering Transportation from Orangeville to Canada’s Wonderland (Park admission not included).
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BOSTON----S E A Consultants has been named "Employer of the Year" by the Women In Transportation Services . The WTS Employer of the Year Award is presented annually to the New England-based organization or company that shows the greatest commitment to helping women in the transportation industry achieve professional excellence.
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All eyes will be on Austin June 28 as the Texas Transportation Commission decides the fate of the State Highway 121 toll project.
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As the first half of the year winds down, the transportation industry group of the S&P 500 has outperformed the average stock in the index.
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The group proposing a public transportation program in Boonville took the first big step to making that a reality Tuesday afternoon as they hosted a meeting at Boonville City Hall.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Ground-based trade among the US and its North American neighbors grew by 5.3 percent in April to $65 billion, a government report said Thursday.
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The index measures the weight of freight hauled by US truckers, based on surveys from its membership. Trucking companies have seen their fuel costs surge in the past few years, though they have been able to pass most of those extra ...
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