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Tag: trucking

Transportation

Report: Houston Drivers Spend An Average Of 75 Hours A Year Stuck In Traffic

Gail Delaughter

Posted on August 22, 2019 · Texas researchers are now putting a cost on all that congestion.

Tags commuting employment Texas A&M Transportation Institute traffic trucking

City of Houston

Houston Police Take Action After Drivers Are Terrorized By Giant Rolling Spools

Gail Delaughter

Posted on December 19, 2018 · H.P.D. is looking for truckers with oversized loads and those who don't have their cargo properly secured.

Tags bridge strike Houston Police Department oversized trucks Texas Department of Public Safety trucking

Transportation

Could A New Interstate North of Houston Help Alleviate The City’s Traffic Issues?

Gail Delaughter

Posted on October 1, 2018 · There’s a call to create a new interstate highway through the southeastern United States and it’s coming from a student-led coalition.

Tags hurricane evacuation I-14 interstate highway trucking Youth Infrastructure Coalition

News

People Air Their Concerns Over Safety Issues On I-10 East

Gail Delaughter

Posted on February 23, 2018 · TxDOT has been hearing from the public on how to improve a busy segment between downtown Houston and Chambers County.

Tags I-10 pollution traffic trucking txdot

Transportation

TxDOT Is Assessing Damage After Another Houston Bridge Is Hit By A Truck

Gail Delaughter

Posted on December 13, 2017 · The latest incident happened early Wednesday at the Houston Avenue bridge over I-10

Tags Houston Avenue Bridge I-10 North Houston Highway Improvement Project trucking txdot

News

Trump Administration Aims To Loosen Obama-Era Truck Safety Rules

David Schaper, NPR

Posted on November 29, 2017 · Truckers complain they work in one of the nation's most over-regulated industries. Advocates worry rolling back safety regulations will make highways more dangerous

Tags federal regulations highway safety sleep apnea truck driver trucking

Energy & Environment

State Lawmakers Approve Bill Allowing Heavier Trucks on Houston Roads

Travis Bubenik

Posted on May 11, 2017 · The Senate still has to approve amendments to the bill before it heads to the governor's desk.

Tags natural gas oil and gas petrochemical industry port of houston transportation trucking

Transportation

TTI Finds Link Between Oil Boom, Rise In Fatal Crashes On Texas Highways

Andrew Schneider

Posted on October 12, 2015 · Deadly accidents spiked in both the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin between 2009 and 2013, even as highway deaths fell across the rest of the state.

Tags energy oil transportation trucking tti

Bauer Business Focus

Steve Werner On Finding The Right Benefits To Attract The Best Employees

Andrew Schneider

Posted on August 28, 2015 · A new study indicates trucking companies that offer retirement insurance are able to hire, and retain, safer drivers than those that don’t.

Tags benefits employment human resources retirement trucking

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