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Sep 13, 2011

TRANSPORT POLICIES * USA & Canada - House OKs Transportation Spending Extension

Bill extends highway spending for six months, FAA for four months

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by R.G. Edmonson -Sep 13, 2011: -- The House on Tuesday unanimously approved extending highway and aviation spending, boosting hopes Congress will avert the political brinksmanship that nearly shut down the government this summer...  The $25.6 billion bill includes none of the policy issues that sharply divided Republicans and Democrats, causing the Federal Aviation Administration to partially shutdown last month. The measure will extend surface transportation programs until March 31, 2012, with authority to spend nearly $23 billion from the Highway Trust Fund. The FAA portion will extend the agency’s authority to Jan. 31...  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation officials praised the House committee for approving the extension...


* Canada - CTA: Fuel efficiency regs need more incentives to see results

(Photo: A line of trucks stranded in the snow wait for roads to reopen on London Line, a detour route for Highway 402, East of Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday Dec. 14, 2010)
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Sep 14, 2011:  --   The Canadian Trucking Alliance says the proposed regulation to establish fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction standards for heavy trucks in Canada is likely to only have a modest effect on emissions reductions without the addition of more incentives for the industry... The discussion paper provides an overview of the regulatory direction set by the US and discusses possible options for the Canadian rule... The US rules, announced recently by US President Barack Obama, will be imposed at the manufacturer level and will only apply to new tractors and engines starting in 2014... CTA chief David Bradley says Canada should consider its own path in determining what credit to give for GHG reduction strategies such as speed limitation, alternative fuels and automatic transmissions which it feels are somewhat downplayed or overlooked in the US rule...

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