TIFIA transportation project loan program under fire

Better Roads Staff - May 07, 2012

Congress will begin reconciling Senate and House highway reauthorization bills next week that contain significantly increased funding for a loan program that’s criticized as providing credit for too many public-private toll projects. On May 8, conferees from both chambers will have ...

Class 8 orders continue to fall

Overdrive Staff - May 07, 2012

FTR Associates on Friday, May 4, released preliminary data showing April Class 8 truck total net orders at 16,877 units, the lowest number since September 2010 and 55 percent below the same month a year ago. Preliminary ...

Preliminary net Class 8 orders up in September

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 10, 2011

FTR Associates on Oct. 5, released preliminary data showing September Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 23,465, the second consecutive month of increasing order activity. Preliminary September orders increased 12 percent ...