{"57603":{"#nid":"57603","#data":{"type":"news","title":"To Protest Fuel Costs, Truckers Plan Idle Day","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/em\u003E - March 29, 2008\u003Cbr \/\u003E. . .Every 5-cent increase in fuel prices increases a trucker\u0027s annual expenses by about $1,000, according to the Owner-Operator  Independent Drivers Association, which on Friday asked Congress to help drivers collect more fuel surcharges. \u0022It\u0027s not a good time to own your own rig,\u0022 said Chip White, a transportation and logistics professor at Georgia Tech.  \u0022It\u0027s a tough life even when the economy is reasonably good.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/29\/business\/29truck.html?_r=1\u0026amp;adxnnl=1\u0026amp;oref=slogin\u0026amp;ref=business\u0026amp;adxnnlx=1206811309-HVsFt2HvA\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/29\/business\/29truck.html?_r=1\u0026amp;adxnnl=1\u0026amp;oref=slogin\u0026amp;ref=business\u0026amp;adxnnlx=1206811309-HVsFt2HvA\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-03-28 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:32","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}