On Friday, Sept. 30, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, promoted the American Jobs Act proposal during a conference call with reporters. The proposal includes $50 billion in transportation spending and another $10 billion to create a national infrastructure bank that would loan money for projects of national significance.

About one month after the state authorized uniform speeds for truckers and other drivers traveling through the Lone Star State, night and day, the first stretches of road to be posted at 75 mph have been identified. The Texas Transportation Commission voted Thursday, Sept. 29, to authorize 75 mph speeds on four Central Texas highways.

The estimated price tag to retool trucking hours-of-service regs has top ranking members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee telling the president to just leave the current regs alone.

Interstate 70 in St. Louis will be closed between mile markers 249 and 251 from the evening of Oct. 7 through the morning of Oct. 10. Drivers should use I-170, I-270 and I-64/U.S. 40 as alternate routes.

Before you sign the loan for your truck or equipment, check out OOIDA webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Learn what lenders are out there and why it is important to read the loan agreement carefully before you commit to it.

Since the case was first filed in 2007, keeping track of the legal tussle between the American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles has required a scorecard and an occasional Dramamine. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed an opinion that gave both ATA and independent port truckers a major moment.

Lucas Oil has major plans in the works, including buying control of a cable TV network called MavTV. Lucas Oil Products Executive VP Bob Patison announced Friday, Sept. 30, that MavTV now joins the Lucas Oil Studio family of programming, which already produces more than 350 Hours of Motorsports and Lifestyle television programming annually.

Senior editor Jami Jones wouldn’t go back to high school on a bet. Yet there are days when she logs on to her computer that she feels like she’s right back in the halls of high school watching it all unfold again. Check out her blog and see how she breaks down the high school personas so prevalent in social media today.

It’s been nearly two years since Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking Co.’s abrupt closure left drivers stranded all over the country. Bankruptcy trustee Patrick J. Malloy III told Land Line on Thursday that a proposed settlement of $450,000 has been reached with former Arrow Trucking Chairman Carol Pielsticker Bump, which may lead to a second payout for drivers.

A new California law allows one county to ask voters for more transportation revenue while the governor vetoed a separate bill intended to benefit transit throughout the state. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill to authorize a vote in Alameda County on transportation funding.

Methods for corresponding with elected officials have evolved through the years from a handwritten letter to email to communicating back and forth in 140 characters. Today lawmakers make a point of communicating via social media. To access a list compiled by Land Line of federal lawmakers on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, click here.

The Port Authority of South Carolina has launched a truck replacement grant program to help truck owners replace older trucks. Truck owners eligible for the program receive $5,000 toward the purchase of a 2004 or newer engine model year truck, in addition to the value of scrap for their pre-1994 model year engine truck.

Two models of diesel particulate filters that were recently suspended by the California Air Resources Board were not factory installed, but aftermarket devices. The filters, the LongMile truck DPF unit and the off-road Allmetal DPF, were recently taken off the market after the company that makes the units reported a failure on one of its units.

The World’s Largest Truck Convoy for Special Olympics has already rolled through some states, but more will be rolling on Oct. 1. Two Canadian Convoys for a Cure also happen on that date – in Alberta and in eastern Ontario. Sept. 30-Oct.2 is the date for the Bobby Lindamood Memorial Truck Show in Ft. Worth, TX.

The estimated price tag to retool trucking hours-of-service regs has top ranking members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee telling the president to just leave the current regs alone.

Since the case was first filed in 2007, keeping track of the legal tussle between the American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles has required a scorecard and an occasional Dramamine. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed an opinion that gave both ATA and independent port truckers a major moment.

Here’s a heads up for truckers who run I-10 through Louisiana. Traffic will soon be using the I-210 loop as a detour until work is completed on the Calcasieu River Bridge at Lake Charles sometime in 2012. The detour begins Oct. 4.

Election Day is right around the corner – Nov. 8 – so it is important to register now to cast your ballot. Your vote can make a difference. Deadlines to register are all over the map. The majority of states require prospective voters to get squared away at least three weeks before the elections. Fewer than 10 states permit voters to register the same day they cast ballots.

Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), an organization dedicated to educating, equipping, empowering and mobilizing the trucking industry to fight human trafficking, has received its nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service, making it a 501c3 organization.

If you are in Canada this weekend, make sure to check out two Cure convoys, one in Alberta and the other one in Ontario, which are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1.

The estimated price tag to retool trucking hours-of-service regs has top ranking members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee telling the president to just leave the current regs alone.

Since the case was first filed in 2007, keeping track of the legal tussle between the American Trucking Associations and the Port of Los Angeles has required a scorecard and an occasional Dramamine. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed an opinion that gave both ATA and independent port truckers a major moment.

Alaska officials say projected declines in population and oil production need to be addressed. In an effort to better manage revenues, a total of six options proposed by the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities on its Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan will be presented and discussed in public meetings around the region during the next month.

Wyoming has a money “problem.” For state officials, the problem is what to do with $320 million they did not expect to have available. Options being discussed include putting the extra money into roads or saving it.

A spark from a moving diesel truck has been blamed for starting a large fire in Washington state – prompting the California Air Resources Board to order the suspension of sales and installation of two specific metallic diesel particulate filters.