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Not paid for waiting, often multiple hours.... Huge amount of truck accidents....
"How Freight Trains Connect the World" - Wendover Productions (2019)
"Freight Trains" - "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (2023)
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"Influence of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 on Teamsters' Employment Published: Nov 16, 1983. Publicly Released: Nov 16, 1983.
"H.R.6418 - Motor Carrier Act of 1980" - U.S. Congress
"Trucking is certainly seeing its own market and growth challenges, but it’s not giving up its market share lead. As
railroaders, 'Never take our eyes off the leader.' There’s still lots of trucking capacity out there, and still
a lot of truck drivers. Rail freight can't gain share by hoping to see trucking stumble in those resource areas. Service
robustness and reliability improvement by the railroads themselves are the ways to beat trucking. Let’s keep that
in mind."
Returning trains to routes and closeness to hubs of business, will save countless amounts of energy, especially oil and gasoline.
Less trucks on the road helps with vastly lowering air, water, soil (tire erosion), and noise pollution. Trains and even
streetcars have always been the deliverers of supplies to every urban city and rural town alike. The greatest savings are
to maintaining our roads and highways. Electric-batteries are quite heavy, and will devastate roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Using trucks sparingly will reduce the amount of exponential cost.
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"The Truck That Invented An Industry" - Kalmar Ottawa, Kansas (2018)
"The Diesel Story" - Rudolf Diesel & Development of Diesel Engine 48124 - Shell Oil Company (1952)
"As Electric Vehicle Sales Surge, Discussions are now Turning to Noise and Safety" - CNBC (2021)
"Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 141, Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles" - Federal Register,
The Daily Journal for the United States Goverment (2018)
"The Decision That Broke American Trucking" - Cheddar News (2022)
"Trucks" - "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (2022)
"Why The Trucking Industry Is So Fragmented And Chaotic" - CNBC (2021)
"Delhi to Impose 5-Month Ban on Trucks: Transport Group" - Argus (2022)
"The Justice Department said Cummins used defeat devices on 630,000 pickup truck engines it produced for RAM trucks made by
Stellantis (STLAM.MI), opens new tab. It said the engines were made for RAM 2500 and 3500 vehicles from 2013 to 2019. Justice
said Cummins also had undisclosed auxiliary emission software on 330,000 2019-2023 pickup truck engines.
Under the settlement, which is subject to court approval, the $1.675 billion fine to be paid by Cummins includes $1.48 billion
to the federal government, $164 million to the California Air Resources Board and $33 million to the California Attorney General's
Office. The Justice Department said it is the largest-ever civil penalty for a Clean Air Act violation.
Cummins will also spend more than $325 million to remedy the excess emissions, including $175 million to California to reduce
excess nitrogen oxide, and will fund replacement high-emitting diesel locomotive engines."
"On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice, along with the
state of California, reached a settlement agreement with Cummins, Inc. for vehicle emission control violations under the Clean
Air Act. The violations stem from Cummins configuring one or more emissions software features as defeat devices that reduce
or deactivate the vehicle engines emission controls."
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