California Air Resources Board is preparing a rule that would require fleets in California to purchase the electric trucks manufacturers are now required to sell.
Facing possible FMCSA action, brokers contend responsibility for nonpayment of motor carrier claims should fall on financial backers.
United States Transportation Alliance plans to keep pressure on lawmakers on issues affecting truckers.
Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference said the Ocean Carrier Equipment Association can avoid regulatory or legal action by reaching a “mutually beneficial” resolution to the chassis lease rate dispute.
Rulemaking would require making detention time data public
Leasing companies say a neutral chassis pool lacks incentive to invest the tens of millions of dollars each year to maintain viable chassis equipment.
Freight haulers across transport modes join effort to raise awareness.
FMCSA has expanded the types of crashes eligible for review under its Crash Preventability Determination Program, giving fleets and drivers more options to have non-preventable crashes removed from their record. )
ATA intermodal group alleges $1.8 billion in haulage overcharges
Supplies from FEMA follow calls by industry and lawmakers for more COVID-19 protection.
From President Trump’s Twitter handle to free roadside lunches and children’s Crayola posters, the nation adores truckers hauling groceries and medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Will the good feelings last?
Bob Costello expects many trucking companies to go out of business before the economy recovers from the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Trucking and travel plaza trade groups urge states to cut slack to truckers delayed by overzealous social distancing so critical freight can keep moving during coronavirus pandemic.
Congress expected to approve package that could help avoid permanent shutdowns
Research institute and drivers’ group want to hear from motor carriers and drivers about dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and what they would do differently next time
Waiver is valid for CDL and CLP holders through June 30.
DMV flexibility, coronavirus testing among requests as potential for supply chain disruption grows.
“With ongoing challenges posed by the coronavirus, there is real concern about these fees being assessed when there are equipment issues beyond the control of the shipper or motor carrier,” 67 trade associations told the Federal Maritime Commission.
ATA says it expects a waiver. States are already granting them.
Move is next step in group’s fight against “unconstitutional” regime.
“The reality is that neither major political party has been particularly good for small-business truckers for a long time.”
Grant awards to be used to build new spaces or convert weigh stations.
State’s monthly toll collections from trucks now exceeding $1.5 million.
Roadside repair costs for trucks continuing to rise, hitting $450 per repair in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 26% over the same quarter in 2018
“No decisions” on next steps after appeals court ruling on sleeper berth petition.
$54.6 million in back wages at stake for drivers in California.
ATRI’s annual study finds significant congestion up 92% in five years.
Response to DOT’s national freight strategy proposal reveals top concerns.
Proposal would create competitive grant program for projects that add capacity.
Opposition from safety advocates could mean rough road to inclusion in highway bill.
CRST, U.S. Xpress also support petition to review decision awarding $54.6 million to drivers.
The proposal is part of a 10-year, $19.4 billion infrastructure plan to improve roads, bridges, airports, rail and bus service.
Raising tax by 15 cents a gallon is needed before transitioning to mileage-based fee, according to lobbying group.
Truck manufacturers claim improved aerodynamics could save a driver up to 400 gallons of fuel a year.
Advocacy groups differ on effectiveness of public and private financing to meet high demand.
Initiative will consider strategies to cut ozone emissions by 2027.
Database of test results seen as rate booster while unseated trucks pose risk to operations.
Mobility group slams spectrum cut as “reckless decision.”
Advocacy group warns lack of ELDT rule directly compromises truck safety.
Darren Prokop writes about the need for a solution to repair and improve the nation’s highways and bridges. What are the options and is there the political will to develop a solution?
Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania had most to lose if funding had been slashed.
6-year program includes addressing shortage of truck drivers.
Legislation would require FMCSA to step up efforts supporting women
Splitting up enforcement deadlines for the rule could cost millions in benefits.
The traditional ordering season for new Class 8 trucks opened in October with the highest activity in 11 months. Still, the number of orders placed was the weakest for an October since 2016 — and 51% below October 2018.
Camera monitoring systems could eventually replace bulky exterior mirrors on Class 8 trucks. Stoneridge Inc. and Robert Bosch are the only two suppliers deep into the safety and fuel-saving technology so far.
AB Volvo through its venture capital group is investing in an Israeli cybersecurity startup while also combining all of its autonomous ventures into a single group.
The trucking industry and its supply chain rank fifth among all businesses at risk of cybersecurity attacks as the number of possible threats against the transportation sector has grown 100-fold in just four years.
Confidence elevated after Trump decides to meet with Vice Premier.
The American Trucking Association handed out a number of awards, including the winners of its Mike Russell Trucking Image Awards, at its just concluded Management and Conference Exhibition.
The American Trucking Associations urges a federal fuel tax increase to pay for infrastructure improvements, but ATA President Chris Spear sees that approach evolving in the next decade.
The American Trucking Associations is working with UrbanVolt to sustainably makeover member facilities in a cash-free affinity deal in which companies would pay UrbanVolt about 30% of the money they save on energy bills.
Chances considered strong for federal hours-of-service preempting state law.
The American Trucking Associations is gearing up to fight against multimillion-dollar legal awards against truckers and their employers who are not at fault but blamed in many car-truck crashes.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual study.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is working with the trucking industry to educate small fleets and owner-operators about advanced driver assistance systems that could reduce crashes and fatalities.
Dan Doran suggests the industry should’ve focused on HOS revisions before discussing ELDs.
Change could reduce congestion caused by accidents and inferior road design.
CEO Chris Spear leading a behind-the-scenes approach to influencing White House.
Larger fleets positioned to reap benefits from carrier bankruptcies
As the gaps between tractors and trailers shrink through aerodynamic design, making connections safer is only one concern for standards-writing engineers who must account for autonomous trucking in the near future.
Option raised as part of Capitol Hill debate on congestion pricing
Women drivers wait longer to load and unload their freight than their male counterparts because they are less prone to pitching a fit over delays.
American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear sits down with Craig Fuller on this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead.
ATA says rules should assume “drivers” will no longer be people.
TIA, ATA and OOIDA call provision to make CSA scores public “dangerous”
No-deal Brexit might funnel goods into the grey market; China is an irreplaceable manufacturing hub; electric vehicle segment is growing at a furious pace.
Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by the end of the next decade, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts in its annual ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030.
Mala Parker says she’ll work to modernize U.S. roads and bridges.
American Trucking Associations (ATA) praised the fact that 53-foot intermodal containers won’t be subject to the next round of Section 301 tariffs on China. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative deleted the goods from the next planned tranches of trade measures to take effect September 1 and December 15. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading […]
American Trucking Associations annual Trucking Trends report shows nearly $800 billion flowed into industry, 13.8 percent increase.
New categories to be added to types of crashes deemed “not preventable.”
Report asserts industry needs to hire 1.1 million new drivers over the next decade.
The California Department of Transportation has started a massive construction project that will lead to nighttime closures of State Route 60 out of Ontario for months.
Labor Department says drivers do not have to be paid for time spent in sleeper berth.
ATA concerned that extending deadlines could affect proper enforcement.
Denial to SBTC follows last year’s denial to OOIDA.
Groups claim teen drivers carry more risk resulting in more fatalities.
ACT Research says the trucking industry meets the definition of being in a technical recession as all major metrics it tracks have declined for two consecutive quarters.
Maximum limit would be required for new and existing trucks weighing over 26,000 lbs.
Mexico became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) when its Senate approved it by a vote of 114 in favor to 4 against on June 19. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador described the ratification as “very good news.” “We celebrate the approval in the Senate of the [USMCA], to maintain […]
State-by-state benefits of raising gas tax included in White House letter.
White House receives guidelines but DOT, FMCSA still must sign off.
Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights
The Trucking Alliance urges action on federal hair-testing guidelines
Trucking could get hit “very hard” by an economic recession, ATA warns
Tariffs starting June 10 at 5 percent to escalate to 25 percent by October 1.
President walks out abruptly following cover-up allegations
Trucker union sides with most of proposal’s early comments.
Trucking warns supply chain may still require Inventory buffers.
2020 U.S. presidential election could become major roadblock
Support for proposal split between large and small carriers.
No signs yet on agreement on how to pay for it.
Getting Trump to support raising the gas tax would be a major step toward passing an infrastructure bill.
ATA points out that the proposal, to be officially unveiled on Capitol Hill this week, makes several wrong assumptions.
GAO also recommends more research that could lead to side guard requirements.
Gary Petty, president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council, struck a tone of family and togetherness in his opening remarks of the organization’s 2019 Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition
Hair follicle testing – once cleared for use in the federal database – could have the biggest effect on driver availability.
Chemical hazmat shipments figure prominently on newly created committee within U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Trump now threatening tariffs against Mexico while trade groups claim cross-border supply chains still at risk.
