What can brown do to FedEx?
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:41 am
The team at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research take issue with UPS’ efforts to introduce labor law changes that would hurt one of Tennessee’s largest employers.
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Consortium featuring Ingram Barge nets grant
Posted on at 8:28 am
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a $2 million grant from the Recovery Act kitty for the Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee to retrofit Ingram Barge diesel engines. The program is expected to remove particulates equivalent to 200 trucks.
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Billions more for transportation?
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm
TRG analyst Kathryn Thompson says the latest political posturing over infrastructure spending could push the conversation to a more productive place.
What does this all mean? Perhaps the biggest roadblock to transportation reauthorization debate has been lack of guidance from the White House. Durbin’s unique political position (i.e., Senate majority whip & close ties to Illinois based President Obama) could help bring to light to the Obama administration that the transportation bill is, in fact, a politically worthy cause to address sooner rather than later. Overall, it is clear that the pressure is mounting, driven by state DOTs, industry, and rising unemployment.
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Virginia contract for Infrastructure Corp.
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:51 amBrentwood-based Infrastructure Corp. of America has been awarded a $9 million job to repair about 20 bridges in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
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Central Parking renew California contract
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 8:49 amThe Nashville-based company sauys it has signed a multi-year extension of its deal with Orange County’s toll roads authority.
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Technicality could put federal road funds beyond reach
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 1:19 pm
The National Governors Association recently wrote to lawmakers calling for quick legislastive action that would restore $9 billion in federal money earmarked for transportation projects.
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Averitt Air expands in Chattanooga
Posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:06 am
The Nashville-based charter operator and maintenance firm has launched a jet taxi service from Chattanooga’s Lovell Field. Among the drivers for the service, which had served Chattanooga from Nashville: Volkswagen’s decision to build a manufacturing plant in the city.
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Airline proposes to connect BNA with Cape
Posted on August 19, 2009 at 7:26 amCape Girardeau, that is. One of the bidders to provide subsidized passenger service to and from Cape wants connect the Southeast Missouri city to Nashville and other regional destinations.
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Stimulus for clean diesel
Posted on August 18, 2009 at 2:30 pmTennessee will get about $1.7 million from the Recovery Act to help truckers convert their fleet to run on clean diesel.
The grant rebates will cover up to 50 percent of the costs of idle reduction technologies, such as auxiliary power units, which provide an alternative to the truck’s main engine when power is needed for electricity or heating and cooling the cab during rest periods. Auxiliary power units use an average of 0.2-0.3 gallons of diesel fuel an hour, compared to the approximately one gallon of diesel fuel used every hour when the truck’s engine is idling.
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We’ve got killer roads
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:18 pmTennessee’s deficient roads produce some of the highest crash costs in the country, says a transportation safety research shop. As for getting people to drive more safely…
“Although behavioral factors are involved in most crashes, avoiding those crashes through driver improvement requires reaching millions of individuals and getting them to sustain best safety practices,” continued Miller. “It is far more practical to make the roadway environment more forgiving and protective.”
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Railroaded stations
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 6:55 pm
This wistful look at bygone train stations from around the country sure makes us happy that Nashville’s Union Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places a decade before the last Amtrak train pulled out of town.
Of course, reading about many cities’ plans to join the nation’s budding high-speed rail network also has us steamed that Nashville features nowhere in that picture.
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OHL grows pet care company account
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 8:05 amThe Brentwood logistics company formerly known as Ozburn-Hessey has been awarded another aspect of the shipping business of Knoxville-based PetSafe.
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State pulls Murfreesboro firm’s license testing papers
Posted on June 21, 2009 at 9:53 pmThe Department of Safety has yanked the commercial driver’s license testing credentials of Volunteer Training Center in Murfreesboro. Volunteer, which also has an office in Chattanooga, is being investigated by the Tennessee Highway Patrol Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Hybrid buses for MTA
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has ordered two hybrid electric buses from a Michigan-based company that promises a 40 percent drop in emissions.
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Ingram barge hits bridge
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 11:51 amOne of Ingram Barge’s boats early this morning did some serious damage to the materials protecting a Mississippi River rail bridge near Burlington, Iowa.
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