Land Line Magazine Articles

2010

• Chasing the cutting edge (August/September 2010 Magazine Issue)
  • Back in the day
  • Kicking it new school
  • Green, but not mean
  • Truck stops electrify
  • DIY shore power
  • Green to keep you green
  • Idling regulations
• Bills covering truck enforcement, truck parking, tolling, ticketing methods and idling among those still being considered (August/September 2010 Magazine Issue)
• New Georgia law covers multiple truck issues (07/14/10)
• Massachusetts bill would add 400-pound APU weight exemption (07/02/10)
• States roll out new laws (July 2010 Magazine Issue)
• July 1st laws cover heavy trucks, ticket quotas and indemnification (06/30/10)
• California Assembly advances incentive to reduce idling (06/22/10)
• New York bill would offer incentive to reduce idling (06/18/10)
• Florida law authorizes heavier trucks, APU exemption (06/09/10)
• West Virginia ‘anti-idling’ rules take effect June 11 (06/09/10)
• Florida governor OKs transportation bill (06/07/10)
• Kansas opens diesel emissions grant program (06/04/10)
• List grows: More states adopt APU weight exemption (June 2010 Magazine Issue)
• States pursue ‘anti-idling’ rules (05/24/10)
• Florida bills authorize exemption for APUs, raid on road funding (05/20/10)
• Truck owners in Nova Scotia offered ‘energy efficiency’ rebates (05/18/10)
• Alabama law provides incentive to reduce idling (05/13/10)
• Pennsylvania idling exemption for rest periods ends for trucks, buses (05/03/10)
• State Watch (May 2010 Magazine Issue)
• New Jersey keeps idling exemption alive (May 2010 Magazine Issue)
• Florida bill authorizes 400-lb exception for APUs (04/20/10)
• West Virginia law limits idling (04/14/10)
• New Indiana law allows weight exception for APUs (03/31/10)
• MATS roundup: Kudos to Kenworth, Jazzy and APUs (03/25/10)
• NJ keeps the situation: Garden State will allow rest period idling (03/19/10)
• West Virginia ‘anti-idling’ rules sent to governor (03/15/10)
• No ‘Fire inside’: Motor City bans idling for diesel trucks (03/12/10)
• Near passage: Alabama bill would provide incentive to reduce truck idling (03/08/10)
• Tennessee opens up APU rebate program to truck owners (03/08/10)
• Indiana Senate approves weight exception for APUs (03/01/10)
• On the move: West Virginia pursues ‘anti-idling’ rules (02/26/10)
• New England truckers eligible for emissions grants (02/25/10)
• Indiana House approves weight exception for APUs (02/09/10)
• Indiana House panel advances bill to make weight exception for APUs (02/01/10)
• West Virginia, Vermont pursue ‘anti-idling’ rules (01/27/10)
• Alabama House OKs incentive to reduce truck idling (01/21/10)
• Wisconsin initiative would limit truck idling (01/20/10)
• Indiana bill would make weight exception for APUs (01/07/10)

2009

• Vermont bill intended to reduce truck idling (11/24/09)
• Massachusetts bills make weight exception for APUs, tweak idling rule (10/06/09)
• Washington state labor investigation looks at carrier’s APUs (10/01/09)
• Idling exemption ends, leaves room for Texas-sized enforcement (09/04/09)
• The winter of trucking's discontent (October 2009 Magazine issue)
• Warp Speed (August/September 2009 Magazine issue)
• A longer life for your APU (August/September 2009 Magazine issue)
• Tennessee opens grant for APUs aimed at small trucking carriers (08/26/09)
• Florida bill would make weight exception for APUs (08/24/09)
• Illinois boosts idling fines (08/19/09)
• Idling exemption ends, leaves room for Texas-sized enforcement (08/17/09)
• OOIDA’s Land Line launches list of diesel grant opportunities (08/09/09)
• APU funds available for Dallas-area truck owners (08/06/09)
• Florida APU program still has cash for truckers available (08/03/09)
• Bill looks to give truckers tax break on APU purchases (07/30/09)
• Florida truck owners eligible for APU grants (07/07/09)
• Wisconsin preps for proposed statewide idling limit (06/24/09)
• Illinois lawmakers OK boost to idling fines, fail to end truck fee (06/03/09)
• States pursue incentive to reduce truck idling (05/08/09)
• Alabama bills address idling, road safety and probable cause (04/01/09)
• OOIDA members obtain hunk of Wisconsin APU money (03/18/09)
• New law in Maine authorizes weight exception for APUs (03/18/09)
• APU owners: Tips from OOIDA (03/13/09)
• Maine House approves weight exception for APUs (03/06/09)
• It's not dead yet (March 2009 Magazine issue)
• Early WI budget includes removal of APU program funding (02/25/09)
• Florida Senate panel OKs bill to make weight exception for APUs (02/24/09)
• Maine bill focus on APUs, rest stops and driver distractions (01/12/09)

2008

• OOIDA accepts applications for APU reimbursement program (11/21/08)
• 'Bailout' to provide excise tax break for some APU purchasers (11/08)
• CEO says APU-maker IdleBuster will return after 90 days (10/24/08)
• Pennsylvania's anti-idling rule set to take effect in February 2009 (10/17/08)
• American Idle (Aug./Sept 08)
• Maine announced low-interest loans for APUs (06/11/08)
• Wisconsin grants almost $250,000 to OOIDA members for APUs (05/14/08)
• Alabama bills tackle safety issues, idling reduction (03/10/08)
• New Californis idling limits begin Jan. 1 (Dec. 07/Jan. 08)