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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><!--RSS generated by Microsoft SharePoint Foundation RSS Generator on 2/28/2012 12:02:57 AM --><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Transplace Industry Blog</title><link>http://blog.transplace.com</link><description>RSS feed for the Posts list.</description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:02:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SharePoint CKS:EBE</generator><ttl>60</ttl><language>en-US</language><image><title>Transplace Industry Blog</title><url>http://blog.transplace.com/_layouts/images/siteIcon.png</url><link>http://blog.transplace.com</link></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TransplaceIndustryBlog" /><feedburner:info uri="transplaceindustryblog" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>SMS: Grading on a curve has gone haywire</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/yhD03bUfosc/sms-grading-on-a-curve-has-gone-haywire.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/27/sms-grading-on-a-curve-has-gone-haywire.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[We are continuing to look at Fatigued Driving scores where, remarkably, 32% of the measured carriers are in the worst 20th percentile while only 5% are in the best 20th percentile. One would expect an equal number of carriers to be in each percentile, which is depicted by the red line of our graph. ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:39:39 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/27/sms-grading-on-a-curve-has-gone-haywire.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Housing starts are beginning to grow</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/lBVcioC2CXo/housing-starts-are-beginning-to-grow.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/23/housing-starts-are-beginning-to-grow.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Housing starts increased to 699 thousand in January (seasonally adjusted annual rate), the third straight month at or near 700k. Single unit structures totaled 508 thousand, the second month in a row over 500k. Total starts reached a low mark of 477k in April of 2009, while single unit starts bottom... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:21:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/23/housing-starts-are-beginning-to-grow.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Why are gas and diesel prices so high and are exports to blame?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/j1RW6j2uoOM/why-are-gas-and-diesel-prices-so-high-and-are-exports-to-blame.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/24/why-are-gas-and-diesel-prices-so-high-and-are-exports-to-blame.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[There are many reasons (accusations?) being thrown around to explain the recent increase in gas and diesel prices. The usual suspects – speculators and greedy oil companies – are an easy mark for those who prefer sound bites over substantive analysis and explanation. Many experts are pointing to unc... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:22:00 GMT</pubDate><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/24/why-are-gas-and-diesel-prices-so-high-and-are-exports-to-blame.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>U.S. auto assemblies surge</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/fGXUp8gQQvk/u-s-auto-assemblies-surge.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/23/u-s-auto-assemblies-surge.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Annualized U.S. assemblies of autos and light trucks surged to 9.9 million in January (seasonally adjusted) from 9.1 million in December. The last time assemblies exceeded 9 million annualized units for two months in a row was in early 2008. Prior to December, assemblies had been relatively flat for... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Auto sales and assemblies/default.aspx">Auto sales and assemblies</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/23/u-s-auto-assemblies-surge.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Domestic intermodal posts strong growth in January</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/NX5JEjGcwmQ/domestic-intermodal-posts-strong-growth-in-january.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/23/domestic-intermodal-posts-strong-growth-in-january.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[IANA, the Intermodal Association of North America, reported very strong growth in domestic intermodal to start 2012. While down from Q4, shipments in domestic boxes are well above the same period in 2011 and just off from the highest volume months in 2010. Shipments moving in international container... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Intermodal Volume/default.aspx">Intermodal Volume</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/23/domestic-intermodal-posts-strong-growth-in-january.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Retail sales continue slow pace of growth</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/63ohbBnfBvo/retail-sales-continue-slow-pace-of-growth.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/23/retail-sales-continue-slow-pace-of-growth.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Seasonally adjusted real retail sales increased in December to $176.4 billion. (Note that actual sales are deflated using CPI 1982-84=100.) Year-over-year growth was 2.8%, the tenth month in a row under 5%. From peak (Sep '07) to current, retail sales are off 2.1%, a much smaller percentage decline ... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Retail sales and same store sales/default.aspx">Retail sales and same store sales</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/23/retail-sales-continue-slow-pace-of-growth.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Stephens reports TL rates up 5% for full year 2011</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/-csY9UisbRc/stephens-reports-tl-rates-up-5-for-full-year-2011.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/23/stephens-reports-tl-rates-up-5-for-full-year-2011.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Stephens Inc. released their fourth quarter 2011 update on publicly traded TL carriers reporting that rates per loaded mile excluding fuel surcharge increased 5% for the full year from 2010 to 2011 and for the fourth quarter from ‘10 to ‘11.  This marks 7 straight quarters of year-over-year gains. S... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Carrier rate graphs/default.aspx">Carrier rate graphs</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/23/stephens-reports-tl-rates-up-5-for-full-year-2011.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>SMS data is not reliable or even believable</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/cVjeX4N1e2Q/sms-data-is-not-reliable-or-even-believable.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/22/sms-data-is-not-reliable-or-even-believable.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[We have continued to analyze SMS data and the results are somewhat surprising and do not inspire any confidence in the methodology. We have downloaded three monthly data sets of SMS scores, September and December of 2011 and January of 2012. The first finding is that at a aggregate level, the data i... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/CSA 2010/default.aspx">CSA 2010</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/22/sms-data-is-not-reliable-or-even-believable.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>ATA to challenge hours-of-service rewrite</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/XRLPcyrIj2o/ata-to-challenge-hours-of-service-rewrite.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/14/ata-to-challenge-hours-of-service-rewrite.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Transport Topics reported that the ATA is filing a suit challenging the rewrite of the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service regulations. This is welcome news. While many estimate that the change will “only” impose a 3% penalty on truck utilization, there are 3.5 million truck drivers so... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Hours of Service/default.aspx">Hours of Service</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/14/ata-to-challenge-hours-of-service-rewrite.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Auto sales top 14-million annual rate for first time since Cash for Clunkers</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TransplaceIndustryBlog/~3/e3ZdZqjorkw/auto-sales-top-14-million-annual-rate-for-first-time-since-cash-for-clunkers.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/archive/2012/02/09/auto-sales-top-14-million-annual-rate-for-first-time-since-cash-for-clunkers.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Annualized seasonally adjusted U.S. sales of domestic and foreign autos and light trucks totaled 14.1 million in January; the first month over the 14 million mark since August 2009, at the height of Cash for Clunkers. In 2009 sales spiked to 14 million for 1 month and then immediately dropped back b... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tom Sanderson</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate><category domain="http://blog.transplace.com/archive/tags/Auto sales and assemblies/default.aspx">Auto sales and assemblies</category><feedburner:origLink>http://blog.transplace.com/archive/2012/02/09/auto-sales-top-14-million-annual-rate-for-first-time-since-cash-for-clunkers.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

