(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 31, 2012)
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is gearing up to fight provisions in the House Republicans’ long-awaited surface transportation bill that would allow states to increase truck size and weight limits.
The truck size and weight provisions — proposed as part of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a five-year, $260 billion transportation bill unveiled by House Republicans today — would allow states to increase the truck weight limit to 97,000 pounds from the current 80,000-pound limit, and would allow double- and triple-trailer trucks to travel over longer distances.
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