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TRUCKING POLICIES * Canada & USA
* Canada - CTA wants truck-minded budget - Urges option to diesel excise cut
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking (CAN) –16 Sept 2009: -- The Canadian trucking industry is pretty self-efficient, but the nation's largest truck lobby group wants to make sure Ottawa considers truckers when it drafts its economic recovery-minded 2010 budget... Speaking on Parliament Hill before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Canadian Trucking Alliance chief, David Bradley, urged that the 2010 budget include "mechanisms" to accelerate the penetration of new, smog free truck engines into the market at a time when economic recovery takes hold... Bradley added that similar incentives or rebates should also be considered for the latest proven safety enhancement technologies including electronic on-board recorders, and vehicle stability systems... (Photo: Trailer skirts, rear fairings, APUs and wide-base single tires are all part of CTA's enviroTruck concept)* Canada - Opponents call Knight Street Bridge toll a 'cash grab'
Vancouver,BC,CAN -Today's Trucking -17 Sept 2009: -- The B.C. Trucking Association says a proposal to toll certain bridges, including the Knight Street Bridge between Vancouver and Richmond, would further burden the industry with little benefit in return... Tolls on the bridge could be instituted as part of a new revenue-generating plan known as “road pricing,” which was included in last month’s report by the Regional Transportation Commissioner on TransLink’s 2010 10-year plan... BCTA president Paul Landry told local media that unlike the tolled Golden Ears Bridge, which cuts routing time and saves them time and money, TransLink's plan to make drivers and truckers pay to use the Knight Street Bridge is little more than a cash grab for the public transit-minded transportation agency... (Photo from richmond.ca: Aerial photograph of Knight Street area, shoing part of Fraser River, Knight Street Bridge)
* USA - Alaska lawmakers seek solutions to Seward Highway safety concerns
Anchorage,Alaska,USA -The Anchorage Daily News/Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -September 14, 2009: -- A joint legislative task force met recently to discuss the safety of Alaska’s highways... Two panels – the House Transportation and Judiciary committees – focused their attention on the Seward Highway. Eight people have died in crashes on the road since May... Among the contributing factors identified as safety concerns by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities on the Seward Highway are increased traffic volumes, difficult travel conditions during the winter, “a diverse mix of roadway users” combined with a lack of passing opportunities and driver distraction... Critics of the passing restriction say it can lead to aggressive driving and increase the likelihood of wrecks. DOT officials say a better option is to install “rumble strips” in the center lane and shoulder of the highway. Reflective markers on curves also are planned, as well as low-cost spots to build turnouts for slow-moving vehicles... (Photo from aprn.org: Seward Highway crash)
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