Thread: Companies aren't rushing to join cross-border trucking progr

Companies aren't rushing to join cross-border trucking program
By Paul M. Krawzak and Sandra Dibble
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS

May 18, 2008

Plastic Express, a Southern California trucking firm, seems like a natural to benefit from a temporary program that opened the U.S.-Mexico border to long-haul freight.


HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune
California Highway Patrol inspector Micahel Poladian watched a truck passing through the Otay Mesa inspection facility.
But like many carriers in the program, it has not seen much advantage.

“There's a message there; I'm not sure what it is,â€

[quote]“Unfortunately, the administration seems all too willing to disregard Congress, public and the law to move forward with the program, so I doubt that another shot of reality is going to change their minds,â€