Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Trucks

Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Sprawl Law, Vetos Container Fees

By Damien Newton | Oct 1, 2008 | No Comments

Yesterday was a big day in Sacramento as many important pieces of legislation required action by Governor Schwarzenegger or would expire even though they were passed by both branches of the state legislature. The result? The Governor signed legislation that links sprawl to climate change but also vetoed legislation that would have placed a fee […]

Judge Supports Ports in “Clean Trucks” Case

By Damien Newton | Sep 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder, who yesterday heard the complaint by the American Trucker’s Association against the new "Clean Trucks" program at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, appears to be leaning towards the ports according to a report in today’s Los Angeles Times. After a 40-minute hearing, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder […]

Trucking Groups Takes Ports to Court Over “Clean Truck” Plan

By Damien Newton | Sep 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

What is more important, the health and safety of people living near ports or the cost to truckers and consumers of helping truck carriers meet modern environmental standards and fairness towards independent truckers? That question could be answered later today when a federal court hears arguments from the American Trucking Association against the Ports of […]

Trucks Gone Green?

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | No Comments

This image comes courtesy of TrucksDeliver.org, not the Onion. If BP can stand for "Beyond Petroleum," what’s to stop the trucking industry from claiming to "deliver a cleaner tomorrow"? Not much, apparently. In a story about the current practices of K Street lobbyists, the Washington Post reports that even the American Trucking Associations — a […]

Something Scary for Halloween

By Damien Newton | Oct 31, 2007 | No Comments

Photo courtesy of LA Times Another day, another truck disaster on LA’s Highways. The horror story here isn’t that there was an accident yesterday, nor that a decent person died in a senseless accident. It’s that truck traffic is going to double in CA in the coming decades. The more trucks we have, the more […]