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Trucking Regulation
Road-user fee advocates warn Congress: Give truckers priority
Experts warned lawmakers of industry backlash if trucking is singled out to save the nearly bankrupt highway trust fund
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Infrastructure
Trucking interests skeptical of zone-based congestion pricing
The trucking industry sees the costs — but not so much the benefits — of new congestion pricing initiatives.
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News
Carriers need drivers; are gamers the answer?
Every day, over 30,000 people play trucking simulation games on Steam.
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Trucking Regulation
ATRI puts $20B price tag on vehicle-miles-traveled tax
An American Transportation Research Institute study finds the cost to deploy and collect a vehicle-miles-traveled tax would be 300 times more than the current fuel…
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News
Why women are increasingly interested in driving trucks
Stockholm-based electric trucking company Einride conducted a survey to gain insights into women’s views on a career in the trucking industry and how technology and…
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Driver issues
Houston ‘wins’ most truck-bottlenecked city on congestion list
George Washington Bridge approach in New Jersey tops the American Transportation Research Institute’s trucking bottleneck list for the third year in a row.
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News
An inside look at Blume Global’s empty-mile reduction strategies
Using domestic reloads and street turns are among Blume Global’s strategies to reduce empty miles and emissions.
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News
Trucking costs fell 9.3% in 2019 with industry contraction
All trucking operational costs fell in 2019 as freight demand contracted. Drivers earned less per mile but received bigger retention, signing and safety bonuses, according…
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Trucking
Hours-of-service rules still flummox fleets
Drivers and carriers tell the American Transportation Research Institute where they need greater understanding of new hours-of-service rules. A separate survey finds a wide swath…
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Infrastructure
Could truck crash resurrect Brent Spence Bridge expansion project?
The I-75/I-71 interchange in Cincinnati is considered a top-10 trucking bottleneck in the U.S.
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