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MEXICANS'S TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - Support for program exists in the industry and in Congress
Cross-border program at crossroads
USA -Mexico Trucker Online, by P.M. Corn • August 31, 2008: -- When Congress reconvenes in September, it may break San Antonio’s economic development heart... A bill is pending a House vote that aims to end the U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking pilot program that started a year ago — a program that has its roots in San Antonio... The proposal that led to the pilot project originated in San Antonio for economic reasons. A one-truck, one-driver truck freight system to and from Mexico means San Antonio could be a stopping point for warehousing and distribution services. It hadn’t been considered a stopping point before the test program began because all freight had to change carriers at the border about 150 miles away... Consumers have something at stake, too. Cross-border trucking saves time and money because the border becomes less of an obstacle, carriers say... The pilot program ended a 12-year delay in one-driver, one-truck international deliveries originally authorized by the North American Free Trade Agreement... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 4 announced plans to extend the test period another two years. The agency said it needed more results before making cross-border trucking permanent... But the facts do not bear out the safety concerns, said John Hill, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration administrator. More than 1,300 U.S. deliveries have occurred in the pilot project without an accident or crash... Federal inspectors have checked about 5,000 long-haul Mexican trucks as part of the pilot project, but only 9.2 percent have been placed out of service. The U.S. truck out-of-service rate is 22 percent, Hill said... In addition, if the United States unilaterally ended the cross-border trucking access, Mexico could impose trade sanctions under NAFTA, affecting numerous U.S. industries, Hill warned... (Photo: Interview with Hector Q)Labels: mexicans' trucks debate
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Do you know what bill no. it is and whose backing it?
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