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• Text of the proposed 10+2 Importer Security Filing rule

• Third Quarter Earnings, 2008
(Updated Daily)

• Commentary on the Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
(posted Sept. 10, 2008)

• STB Draft Environmental Impact Study, executive summary
(posted July 31, 2008)

• Ozburn-Hessey Logistics White Paper:
   "Best Practices for Transportation Management"

(posted July 24, 2008)

• Second Quarter Earnings, 2008
(Updated Daily)

• Traffic World's Interview with
Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters

-- Full Transcript
-- Audio recording of the interview in mp3 format
(interview conducted June 25, posted July 1, 2008)

• "New research on Trucking Safety and Economics"
Text of May 30, 2008 talk by ATRI vice president
Daniel Murray at the Transportation Table
(posted June 6, 2008)

• First Quarter Earnings, 2008
(Updated Daily)

• Letter to Majority Leader Reid
   urging action on Railroad
   Antitrust Enforcement Act

(posted Feb. 12, 2008)

• Fourth Quarter Earnings, 2007
(Updated Daily through March 27, 2008)

• Report of the National Surface Transportation
   Policy and Revenue Study Commission

(PDF document 125 MB posted Jan. 15)

• Third Quarter Earnings Reports
(Summary posted daily through Nov. 30)

• Audio: AFL-CIO's Ed Wytkind speaks at
Traffic World's Transportation Table [mp3]

(posted Oct. 10, 2007)

• Peak season letters from rail CEOs
(posted Sept. 26, 2007)

• Details of CN acquisition of EJ & E
(posted Sept. 26, 2007)

• Top 50 Pentagon Air Freight Contractors
(posted Sept. 18, 2007)

• ATA's Petition to Retain Hours of Service
(posted Aug. 31, 2007)

• GAO Report on Freight Railroads:
    Updated Information on Rates and Other Industry Trends

(posted Aug. 28, 2007)
• STB Decision: Methodology to be Employed in
    Determining the Railroad Industry's Cost of Capital

(posted Aug. 28, 2007)

• Improving America's Security Act of 2007
(posted July 31, 2007)

• Second Quarter Earnings Reports
(Summary posted daily)

• U.S. Court of Appeals Overturns HOS Rules
(posted July 25, 2007)

• STB Establishes a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Council
(posted July 18, 2007)

• DOT Letter to Pennsylvania
    Representative Richard A. Geist, R-Blair County

(posted July 3, 2007)

• Letter from Rep. Geist to
    Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell

(posted July 3, 2007)

• Supreme Court Pricing Decision
(posted July 3, 2007)

• The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 for 2007
(posted July 3, 2007)

• Integrated Transportation Management
   How Best-in-Class Companies View the World Differently

(Released by Aberdeen Group July 2, 2007)

• Additional DOT Safety Standards
   for Cross-Border Truck Program

See below for original May 1 notice
(posted in Federal Register June 8, 2007)

• DOT Estimates of Motor Vehicle Traffic
   Crash Fatalities and People Injured in 2006

(posted May 29, 2007)

• Progress Report on the National Rail Safety Action Plan
(posted May 23, 2007)

• STB's Decision Terminating Approval
   of Agreements From Motor Carrier Bureaus

(posted May 9, 2007)

• DOT's May 1 Federal Register notice on crossborder trucking
(posted May 1, 2007)
• Summary of Rail Safety Improvement Act (HR 2095)
(posted May 2, 2007)

• Traffic World interviews FedEx Freight
   President and CEO Douglas G. Duncan
[mp3]
(posted April 26, 2007)

• Traffic World interviews UPS Freight
   President Gordon Mackenzie and
   Senior Vice President Jack Holmes
[mp3]
(posted April 9, 2007)

• Synopsis of NTSB report on 2005 head-on
    collision between two Canadian National trains

• Video of NTSB Meeting
(posted March 30, 2007)

• DOT inspector general testimony on department’s challenges
(posted March 21, 2007)

• Federal Railroad Administration: Accident/Incident Overview
(posted March 15, 2007)

• Letter from House Committee on Transportation and
    Infrastructure Opposing Open Skies Agreement

(posted March 14, 2007)
• Lawsuit Filed Against FMCSA
(posted March 14, 2007)

• Comments of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
    on proposed TSA rail and transit security rules

(posted Feb. 20, 2007)

• Q&A with Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (mp3 Audio File)
(posted Feb. 14, 2007)
• PDF of rail safety testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
(posted Feb. 14, 2007)
• Statement of AAR President & CEO Edward R. Hamberger
   at the Hearing on the Reauthorization of
   the Federal Rail Safety Program

(posted February 1, 2007)
• Administrator Boardman's testimony
on reauthorization of the FRA safety program

(posted January 31, 2007)
• Q & A with Logistics Professor Bill DeWitt (Audio mp3 file)
(posted January 30, 2007)
• STB Decision on Rail Fuel Surcharges
(posted January 29, 2007)
• STB Proposed Rule on New Fuel Reporting Requirements
(posted January 29, 2007)
• Trucking Reports from 4th Quarter 2006
(posted January 26, 2007)
• Petition of Federal Express Corporation
for Review of a BTS decision requiring more
data on services to the United States Postal Service

(posted November 29, 2006)
• ATA Policy On Privatization Of Toll Facilities
(posted November 6, 2006)
• GAO Report on TWIC
(posted October 30, 2006)
• Federal Register notice of
   Interstate Oasis Program

(posted October 27, 2006)
• Trucking companies petition for 68 mph
(posted October 25, 2006)
• GAO report on TWIC
(posted October 25, 2006)
• ATA petition for 68 mph
(posted October 25, 2006)
• Summary judgment in the Landstar-OOIDA case
(posted October 17, 2006)
• A list of Ports and their security grants
   from the Department of Homeland Security

(posted October 20, 2006)

• A pdf of the GAO report on freight railroad competition
(posted October 16, 2006)

• Surface Transportation Board filings
   regarding railroads' fuel surcharges

   • Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers filing
   • Short Line Association filing
   • KCS "status report" on fuel surcharges
   • CSX "status report" on surcharges
(posted October 6, 2006)
• A copy of the SAFE Port Act of 2006 conference report
(posted October 6, 2006)

• The letter from Liberate Technology's executives to USA Truck
(posted October 6, 2006)

• NLRB Decision re FedEx Home Delivery
(posted September 29, 2006)

• Statement of Mary Peters to the Senate Committee
   on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

(posted September 26, 2006)

• Governor Schwarzenegger's statement vetoing container fee bill
(posted September 25, 2006)

• A copy of the port security bill passed by the Senate
(posted September 22, 2006)

• Written testimony from FedEx Freight's Doug Duncan to the
   House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure


• Written testimony from Schneider National's Chris Lofgren to
   the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

(posted September 15, 2006)

• Lowenthal Container Fee Bill

• House Democrats' report on the vulnerabilities
   of the nation's dams, levees and locks

(posted September 8, 2006)

• FRA's environmental impact statement
   on the DM&E's line expansion

(posted August 25, 2006)
• Transport & Logistics
   Products & Services Showcase

(posted August 28, 2006)

• Brief in OOIDA v. FMCSA
(posted August 15, 2006)
• Chamber of Commerce Letter to
   Committee on Appropriations re
   WHTI Provisions

(posted August 14, 2006)
• PDF file of 2007 Logistics Education Guide & Directory
(posted August 11, 2006)
• Funding details for FHWA's "Projects of
   Regional and National Significance."

(posted July 28, 2006)
• Public Citizen Brief Relating to Hours-of-Service Challenge

• OOIDA Brief Relating to Hours-of-Service Challenge
(posted July 21, 2006)
• Full transcript of Hoffa interview

• Letter from House Committee on Homeland Security
    to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
    on the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program


• American Association of Port Authorities
    comments on the TWIC program

(posted July 7, 2006)
• GAO Report on Rail Competition
(posted June 26, 2006)
• Secretary Mineta's resignation letter
(posted June 23, 2006)
• Charts from Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' "State of Logistics" report

Click to Enlarge each chart
(posted June 23, 2006)
• Eskew Letter
(posted June 8, 2006)
• Heartland Corridor Route

Click to Enlarge
(posted June 8, 2006)
• Speech at the Transportation Table
   by STB chairman Douglas Buttrey

(posted May 26, 2006)
• Draft of proposed rules for the
  Transportation Workers Identification Credential

(posted May 12, 2006)
• A lawsuit challenging the Indiana Toll Road lease

• A Macquarie Infrastructure Group
  report on the Indiana Toll Road

(posted May 3, 2006)
• IG report to FMCSA
(posted May 1, 2006)
• IFCO's statement in response to Customs charges
(posted April 28, 2006)
• AFL-CIO' report on Report on Wal-Mart and port security

• The Retail Industry Leaders Association
  rebuttal to the AFL-CIO allegations

(posted April 21, 2006)
• Resignation Letter from Warren Hoemann,
  Acting Administrator of FMCSA

(posted April 7, 2006)
• FMCSA's "Large Truck Crash Causation Study"
  citing car driver behavior as major reason for crashes

(posted March 30, 2006)
• A cargo security bill marked up by shipper and carrier groups
(posted March 21, 2006)
• Audio of this month's Transportation Table
  with Charles "Wick" Moorman, chairman,
   president and CEO of Norfolk Southern

  (mp3 file, 45 Megabytes)
(posted March 20, 2006)
• House Bill to require scans of all sea
  containers bound for the United States


• OOIDA's radio spot opposing Major Moves in Indiana
  (mp3 file)
(posted March 10, 2006)
• The Federal Response to
HURRICANE KATRINA
Lessons Learned -- a report from the White House

(posted March 2, 2006)
• House Transportation Committee Urges
Safety Professional as Successor to Sandberg

(posted March 2, 2006)
• Traffic World's Interview with Kenneth Mead
(posted February 17, 2006)
• The American Trucking Associations' letter to Coca Cola
  regarding a Super Bowl television spot


• PHMSA notice in the Federal Register
  on hazardous materials inspections

(posted February 1, 2006)
• Principles for a U.S. Public Freight
  Agenda in a Global Economy

(posted January 23, 2006)
• Cambridge Systematics Future Highway
   and Public Transportation Finance Study

(posted November 8, 2005)
• Agreement betweeen UPS and
   New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer

(posted October 26, 2005)
• Letters between
   OOIDA's James Johnston
   and ATA's Bill Graves

(posted October 25, 2005)
• Top Ten Truck Issues
• Wako to Acquire Asean
• RedPrairie to buy RangeGate
(posted October 24, 2005)
• Webber Report
• Congressional HOS Letter
• HOS Enforcement Phase In Memo
• High Alert:
   Workers Warn of Security Gaps on Nation's Railroads

(posted October 4, 2005)
• Regulatory Impact Analysis And Small Business
   Impact Analysis For Hours Of Service Options

(posted August 24, 2005)
• FMCSA 2005 Final Rule for Hours of Service of Drivers
(posted August 22, 2005)
• Surface Transportation Board decision on
   damages to a South Carolina branch rail line


• National Retail Federation’s list of top 100 specialty retailers
(posted August 11, 2005)
• Complete text of the highway bill

• American Highway Users Alliance's state-by-state
   funding breakdown of the highway bill


• Complete text of the Central American Free Trade Agreement
(posted August 5, 2005)
• The complete text of Department of Homeland
    Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s speech
    outlining changes to the department

(posted July 23, 2005)
• Surface Transportation Board filings
   regarding Class I railroads’ fall peak plans:

   • Chairman Roger Nober's June 16, 2005 letter
   • The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway response
   • Canadian National Railway Company response
   • Canadian Pacific Railway response (not yet available)
   • CSX Transportation Inc. response
   • Kansas City Southern Railway response
   • Norfolk Southern Corporation response
   • Union Pacific Railroad response
(posted July 23, 2005)
• Draft of comments on BMC-32 insurance issue from FTCA

• Letter from NITL et al. to FMC regarding NVO contracting

• The Department of Transportation filing
   on hazardous materials transportation


• Congressional Research Service report on agricultural
   shipping demand on the Upper Mississippi River


• Complete text of Sen. Joe Biden's legislation
    on rail transport of hazardous materials


• List of USF terminals affected by the USF Dugan closure

• Copies of 3 supply-chain brochures circulated on Capitol Hill
   by Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors


• Text of two Supreme Court rulings on Michigan truck owner fees:
    Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc., et al. V .Michigan Public Service Commission et al.
   American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al.V . Michigan Public Service Commission et al.

• Letter from Thomas J. Donohue to Don Young

• Letter from Norman Mineta to Don Young

• Highway Bill Conferees

• CSX Hazmat Case

• Dan Lungren Interview

• PHMSA: Hazmat Violators

• Trucking Technology

• RFID Suppliers

• Transportation & Infrastructure

• Freight vs. Mail

 
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