http://www.truckersnews.com/port-trucking-bill-draws-congressional-backers/ Truckers News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.truckersnews.com/port-trucking-bill-draws-congressional-backers/comment-page-1/#comment-8819 Truckonomics: Port Drivers Part 4 | Blog4Truckers Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:48:13 +0000 http://www.truckersnews.com/?p=8314#comment-8819 [...] Transportation Committee Hearings, PortIndustryStudiesUnivofChicago/DavidBensman, LATimes.com, TruckersNews and [...] [...] Transportation Committee Hearings, PortIndustryStudiesUnivofChicago/DavidBensman, LATimes.com, TruckersNews and [...]

]]> http://www.truckersnews.com/port-trucking-bill-draws-congressional-backers/comment-page-1/#comment-6351 Environmental Law and Climate Change Law Newsletter, August 2, 2010, vol. 2, no. 22 « Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.truckersnews.com/?p=8314#comment-6351 [...] Port trucking bill draws congressional backers. – Jill Dunn, Rotor News, July 29, 2010 Fifty-seven congressional representatives are co-sponsoring a bill that would amend federal law to allow ports new authority over trucking. On July 29, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced the Clean Ports Act of 2010. The current motor carrier statue enacted as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 allows state and local entities to regulate trucking companies for safety-related programs. Several labor and environmental groups support the New York Democrat’s bill. A temporary injunction is in place against the Port of Los Angeles from enforcing aspects of its concession agreement because of a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations. The most controversial piece of the Los Angeles port’s program is drivers who regularly serve the port must be employees, not owner-operators, of carriers. Backers of this say the only way they will achieve the port’s environmental goals is through barring owner-operators from regular port service. Click Here [...] [...] Port trucking bill draws congressional backers. – Jill Dunn, Rotor News, July 29, 2010 Fifty-seven congressional representatives are co-sponsoring a bill that would amend federal law to allow ports new authority over trucking. On July 29, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced the Clean Ports Act of 2010. The current motor carrier statue enacted as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 allows state and local entities to regulate trucking companies for safety-related programs. Several labor and environmental groups support the New York Democrat’s bill. A temporary injunction is in place against the Port of Los Angeles from enforcing aspects of its concession agreement because of a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations. The most controversial piece of the Los Angeles port’s program is drivers who regularly serve the port must be employees, not owner-operators, of carriers. Backers of this say the only way they will achieve the port’s environmental goals is through barring owner-operators from regular port service. Click Here [...]

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