SHIPA Bill Gaining Support
The Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act
(SHIPA) would strengthen US truck size and weight laws. Endorsed by major environmental, labor, law
enforcement and other organizations, SHIPA would save taxpayer dollars while also putting the brakes
on increases in pollution from heavy trucks. More...
Bigger Truck Supporters Lobbying Hard
As CABT's SHIPA campaign picks up steam, the supporters of bigger, more damaging trucks are pushing back - hard. Major shipper and trucking interests want to allow triple trailer trucks and other huge mutli-trailer combinations and increase maximum truck weight from the current 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds.
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COALITION AGAINST BIGGER TRUCKS
Bigger trucks translate into greater damage to bridges and roads -- and it will be the average taxpayer, not the trucking companies, who pays the bill for repairs and maintenance. With tightening budgets at the federal, state and local levels of government, additional resources for highway maintenance and bridge reconstruction will be hard to obtain. In addition, the inevitable result of bigger trucks will be more pollution, higher taxes, more congestion and an unbalanced freight transportation system. The American public is overwhelmingly opposed to sharing its highways with bigger trucks and CABT helps turn this opposition into action. We work to ensure that the voices of average persons are heard and heeded in the halls of government across the country.
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