Legislation
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Autonomous Freight
A huge bipartisan opportunity for Congress is here, and it involves autonomous trucking
By Finch Fulton, Vice President of Policy and Strategy at Locomation and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the US Department of Transportation Developments…
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Electric Trucks
More Postal Service money could revive Workhorse mail truck bid
Seventeen Democratic House members introduced a bill to assure the Postal Service electrifies its delivery fleet. It could get Workhorse back in the game.
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News
Opioid crackdown deadline for international mail on brink of miss
Experts warn of parcel backlog at U.S. entry points should CBP refuse entry to shipments.
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Driver issues
Commentary: Is classifying truck drivers as easy as ABC?
Darren Prokop writes about California's AB 5 and its impact in California - and nationwide.
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News
Mexican government proposes restricting double tractor-trailer trucks
Mexico’s legislature is considering proposals that would limit the permitted weight of double tractor-trailer trucks — called “fulles” in Mexico — to decrease truck-involved accidents…
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News
Truckers could be focus of vehicle-mIles traveled tax proposals – lawmaker
Truckers, not motorists, could be target of VMT, lawmaker says.
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Intermodal
New Capitol Hill leadership ready to push freight infrastructure agenda
Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled during the first half of…
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Legal issues
Regulatory roundup: state of trucking 2018
The latest on legislative, regulatory, administrative, and enforcement issues across the industry.
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Cybersecurity
Disruption, legislation, and cybersecurity: the future of autonomous driving
Autonomous vehicles are the future, but how does the path to automation look like?
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Cybersecurity
Cybercrime regulations over ‘smart’ connected vehicles and its impact on civil liability
As the future moves towards connected vehicles that are autonomous in nature, the current IT and cybersecurity act would not be applicable, needing a clearer…
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