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Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

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Truck parking expansion money still elusive on Capitol Hill

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WASHINGTON — Despite receiving more attention than ever from the trucking industry and the Biden...

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DOT finalizes rule requiring states to track vehicle CO2

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has finalized a rule requiring each state to track and monitor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-finalizes-rule-requiring-states-to-track-vehicle-co2

FHWA declines to set truck standards in EV charging rule

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has largely avoided taking into account the concerns of the trucking industry in rolling out its first set of standards and requirements for a nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

The intentional hands-off approach, according to a final rule to be published by the Federal Highway Administration on Tuesday, is meant to avoid getting in the way of evolving technology for powering medium- and heavy-duty (MD/HD) electric trucks.

“The FHWA … cannot...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fhwa-declines-to-set-truck-standards-in-ev-charging-rule

Runaway diesel prices top trucking industry’s critical issues list

Rebecca Brewster, president and COO, ATRI

SAN DIEGO –Soaring diesel prices displaced the driver shortage after five years in the top spot in the American Transportation Research Institute’s 18th annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry.

“It certainly brings attention to it when it overtakes something [like driver shortage],” Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, told FreightWaves.

The independent research group that works closely with the American Trucking Associations  released its 18th annual survey Saturday during the ATA’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/runaway-diesel-prices-top-trucking-industrys-critical-issues-list

DOT issues truck parking handbook for local planners

Trucks parked at truck stop.

The Biden administration has issued a new handbook to give state and local planning groups and private industry detailed procedures for assessing demand for truck parking and boosting parking capacity.

The 80-page publication, “Truck Parking Development Handbook,” was developed from information provided to and generated by the National Coalition of Truck Parking, a group of public and private sector officials coordinated by the Federal Highway Safety Administration.

The handbook “outlines the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-issues-truck-parking-handbook-for-local-planners

FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Rico held key positions at FHWA and now at MAES

VDOT, FHWA, USACE officials sign draft SEIS for Route 460. (Photo: Gerry Rogers/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 to October 15. It celebrates “the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.”

Hispanic Heritage Week began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson and was...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsleadersrico-held-key-positions-at-fhwa-and-now-at-maes

FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Tallamy was a state and national highway leader  

Bertram D. Tallamy. (Photo: cyburbia.org)

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Bertram D. Tallamy, who served as a leading figure in the development of the U.S. highway network, died on September 14, 1989, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 87.

Born on December 1, 1901, in Plainfield, New Jersey, Tallamy was the son and grandson of general contractors. He earned a degree in civil engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1925...

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FreightWaves Classics: Transcontinental trip leads to the numbered highway system (Part 3)

Wide and narrow 1971-style U.S. route shields. (Photo: Scott Nazelrod/Wikipedia)

In Part 1of this article, a trip by two officials of the American Automobile Association (AAA) led to problems due to the practice of naming major roads during the first 25 years of the 20th century.

In Part 2, FreightWaves Classics detailed actions that were taken to move the country toward numbering its highways in a uniform manner.

In Part 3, actions by state and federal highway officials are highlighted.

A road sign for the Trail of the Padres auto trail. (Photo: eBay.com)A road sign for the Trail of the Padres auto trail. (Photo: eBay.com)
The Joint Board’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-transcontinental-trip-leads-to-the-numbered-highway-system-part-3

Road and bridge builders warn against Biden’s climate proposal

Truck passing by bridge under construction.

A plan requiring states to set progressively lower targets for tailpipe emissions would potentially set dangerous precedents for future highway funding, according to road and bridge builders.

The 90-page proposed rule, announced by the Federal Highway Administration on Thursday, is aimed at helping achieve the Biden administration’s goal of a 50%-52% reduction from 2005 levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution in 2030, on a course toward reaching net-zero emissions by no later than 2050.

“States...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/road-and-bridge-builders-warn-against-bidens-climate-proposal

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