Transportation

U.S. For-Hire Truck Tonnage Softens preview image U.S. For-Hire Truck Tonnage Softens article image

U.S. For-Hire Truck Tonnage Softens

ARLINGTON, VA -- The amount of for-hire truck freight moved in the U.S. fell in April to its lowest level in a year, according to the American Trucking Associations. Its seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 3% from the month before following a revised gain of 0.4% in March. The April index reading of 128.6 is the lowest level since April 2014. The all-time high of 135.8 was reached in January 2015.

Tolls Mulled as Solution for Gardiner Expressway Costs preview image Tolls Mulled as Solution for Gardiner Expressway Costs article image

Tolls Mulled as Solution for Gardiner Expressway Costs

TORONTO -- As the debate continues both inside and outside of Toronto about whether to tear down or rebuild the eastern end of the Gardiner Expressway a new plan has surfaced within the city's government. Some councillors have been discussing the idea of putting tolls along the route for non-Toronto residents, with the money going to pay for repairs and upkeep of the elevated roadway, according to published reports. If such a plan is adopted, the city owned freeway, would either turned over the provincial government or Toronto would at least have to get permission from the Ontario government to implement tolls