For TT subscription information, click here . In rejecting a proposed compromise over truck size and weights, railroad executives may have set the stage for a nasty fight with truckers. It won't exactly be a race. Hearings began last year and continue this spring. Scrambling for Dollars Highway users, proponents of mass transit and other modes, state officials, members of Congress and the president all have staked out positions on where the billions raised by the Highway Trust Fund should go over the next six years.
Substandard highways are unsafe.
Outdated designs on two-lane roads that make up nearly half of the National Highway System are costing lives. Roadside rest areas are overflowing. The solution is to spend more money and spend it wisely. Diesel Fuel Prices The Dept. of Energy survey of 250 diesel service centers across the country April 28 showed the average price of self-serve diesel was 120.5 cents per gallon compared with 121.1 cents per gallon April 21 and 128.5 cents a year ago. All DOE prices include taxes.