U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday signed an order to again require strict enforcement of English language proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers.
The last-gasp OOIDA fight against the AB5 independent contractor law in California’s trucking sector has suffered defeat at the appellate level.
OOIDA report challenges driver shortage narrative, argues turnover is the issue
Recent tariffs levied by the Trump administration have various trucking groups warning of greater risks, while others take a wait-and-see approach.
The freight broker transparency fight four years in the making is shining a light on tensions between brokers and carriers
Trucking industry experts weighed in during a debate at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival on whether there is a driver shortage or a driver retention problem.
FMCSA Clearinghouse Phase 2 enforcement may impact about 179,000 CDL holders who are in prohibited status for a drug or alcohol violation.
In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, trucking industry groups see new opportunities to change the regulatory and legislative landscape.
Backers of California’s AB5 independent contractor law have scored a fresh victory after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Postmates/Uber case.
OOIDA and load board operator have teamed up in a deal that will give OOIDA members a discount.
OOIDA and other industry groups are suing over the EPA Phase 3 final rule on greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles.
Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, highlights regulatory challenges at the FreightWaves Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit.
Turning grieve into advocacy, mothers Marianne Karth and Lois Durso are pushing for mandatory side underride guards be added to tractor-trailers. On Thursday, they read the names of nearly 750 victims of underride crashes at DOT headquarters in Washington.
The demand for skilled technicians to keep shops and maintenance terminals running continues to challenge recruiters due to high demand. A major source of lost utilization for fleets on the road is getting their vehicles repaired in a timely manner. A lack of technicians continues to plague shops, creating extra downtime and work order backlogs.
President Joe Biden signed a bill ending the COVID-19 national emergency, but U.S. border vaccine requirements remain in place for foreigners.
The suit by the California Trucking Association and OOIDA against California’s AB5 independent contractor law will add an argument that succeeded elsewhere.
Canadian Trucking Alliance y OOIDA instan al gobierno estadounidense a levantar el requisito de la vacuna COVID-19
The Canadian Trucking Alliance and OOIDA call on President Joe Biden to end the U.S. border vaccine mandate.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked for a halt to the U.S. border vaccine mandate.
El estatus de interventor se solicitó por primera vez en 2021, pero el fiscal general dice que incluso eso era demasiado tarde
California is pushing back against the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s attempt to become an intervenor in the ongoing CTA lawsuit over AB5.
La inacción del Tribunal Supremo sólo afecta a la orden judicial preliminar; el caso original de la CTA sigue adelante
Everybody thought the legal wrangling over California’s AB5 was done, but a court hearing Monday says otherwise.
New rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions could greatly impact the trucking industry.
Startup WattEV sees its Truck-as-a-Service startup as a modern day Pony Express with electric trucks being swapped instead of horses .
Los altos precios del combustible podrían empujar a algunos
propietarios-operadores a abandonar el transporte por
carretera
As diesel prices spike and spot rates plunge, independent drivers wonder what their next move should be.
A diverse coalition of trucking groups is urging the California Air Resources Board to consider alternative solutions to enforcement of an emissions rule that would require upgrades to 2010 model year or newer diesel engines by Dec. 31.
The CEO of Canada’s largest trucking company, TFI International, says the cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandate affected a small number of its Canadian drivers.
OOIDA is urging U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to exempt cross-border truckers from vaccine rules implemented in mid-January.
Los camioneros estadounidenses planean un convoy a Washington
El acceso a los baños en los almacenes y centros de distribución sigue siendo un problema para los conductores
A lack of restroom access for drivers still plagues the trucking industry.
This week: Central States Mfg. donates wreaths for veteran nonprofit, OOIDA kicks off “Truckers for Troops”, Love’s raises funds for veterans with specialty tumblers and XPO’s CEO challenges the company to hire more active and veteran military employees.
Trucking groups OOIDA, WSTA and ATA condemn the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, call for truckers to focus on policy, not politics.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, lender BMO’s earnings shed light on the state of the trucking market. Plus, Flock Freight flies high and the top challenge for the next U.S. Department of Transportation leader.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) kicks off its annual Truckers for Troops campaign on Nov. 9 for active service members and veterans.
Biden victory may seriously jump-start transport-funding negotiations, group says.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, OOIDA will back FMCSA in a lawsuit defending hours-of-service changes. Plus, regional carriers could see a strong holiday season and equipment orders are up and that could complicate 2020 rate forecasting.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA denies an HOS exemption for drivers with animals, YRC is boosting pay for some new drivers, OOIDA criticizes cost estimates for broker transparency and the conviction of the former Pilot Flying J president is overturned.
Owner-operator association argues brokers already should have been complying with transparency rules and costs to a 48-hour turnaround should be the only ones FMCSA consider
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, short seller Hindenburg Research continued to lob allegations of wrongdoing at Nikola Corp. Plus, OOIDA said it will renew its push for more funds for truck parking when the next Congress convenes, and TFI International expands its […]
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, concerns are raised about Mexican truck operations, drone delivery technology advances and Anheuser-Busch is making a switch to natural gas.
OOIDA and Teamsters officials are concerned about violations of cabotage regulations that restrict Mexican trucking companies from making point-to-point deliveries within the United States.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. News reports that Uber is re-evaluating non-core units like Uber Freight did not take me by surprise. To learn more about what’s happening, you can read JP Hampstead’s Uber ‘re-evaluating’ non-core units like […]
Spencer says reasons for the waivers have disappeared
Group wants changes to rarely invoked federal law, making it automatic.
Nothing fires up the trucking community like a strong opinion on the driver shortage. From its inception, FreightWaves waded into the conversation, balancing perspectives from both ends of the continuum. We considered the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA’s) perspective that there is an ever-expanding dearth of quality drivers, especially for midsize to large carriers. We considered […]
Good day, Self-driving vehicle startup Nuro has won approval from federal regulators to test its battery-powered driverless delivery vehicles on public streets. According to a news release, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted the Mountain View, California, company a waiver to deploy its low-speed R2s, which lack windshields and side mirrors and aren’t designed […]
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is trying to take its so-far-unsuccessful battle over Pennsylvania tolls to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the heart of the effort by the OOIDA and several other plaintiffs in the case is the question of whether there is legally such a thing as an excessive toll. The definition of […]
Labor Department says drivers do not have to be paid for time spent in sleeper berth.
Denial to SBTC follows last year’s denial to OOIDA.
Groups claim teen drivers carry more risk resulting in more fatalities.
Maximum limit would be required for new and existing trucks weighing over 26,000 lbs.
The American Trucking Associations will steer clear of the fight over longer-combination vehicles
White House receives guidelines but DOT, FMCSA still must sign off.
Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights
Not all independent truckers are seeing those benefits
GAO also recommends more research that could lead to side guard requirements.
Independent owner-operator group details how government clearinghouse will handle drug test results.
Hair follicle testing – once cleared for use in the federal database – could have the biggest effect on driver availability.
Study finds lagging response to demand surges makes managing driver recruitment and retention more difficult.
Sentiment could be growing for lowering the driver age, but questions linger over safety and wages.
A new petition is seeking White House help to get two bills that would exempt most small trucking companies and owner-operators exempted from the ELD requirement reintroduced to Congress.
Speed limiter regulations sat idling under Bush and Obama, so truck safety groups now look to Congress – and Trump – to put it in gear.
FMCSA Administrator Raymond Martinez wanted to “fast track” the HOS rules changes – but the government shutdown is in the way.
Truck drivers hauling in the state of New York will not see ELD enforcement until state regulators finish getting the rule on the books.
Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.
States will soon be able to give would-be drivers more time to get their CDLs at the same time potentially lowering knowledge exam costs.
FMCSA has made public the denials of 10 exemption requests from its ELD rule, including OOIDA and nine smaller groups that were formally rejected earlier this year.
If you don’t answer, if you don’t look into their eyes, you lose.”
A long list of concerns in the ATA President’s annual speech to his group’s conference, including young drivers and California’s own laws.
FreightWaves reached out to OOIDA for their perspective on the current state of affairs in trucking. We also want to engage in a dialog from the fragmented industry interests, seeking points of agreement, as well as naming points of contention.
The long-anticipated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is up for a vote and it does not include the controversial meal-and-rest break provision that the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other industry forces were seeking.
If there is just one word that can best sum up the official Listening Session on hours of service (HOS) that FMCSA held on Friday at the Great American Trucking Show, it would be flexibility.
The trucking industry awaits rulings from the courts, and through legislation, regarding the status of drivers. How often will rest breaks take place, and will they be paid? How will drivers be defined as independent contractors? What will be the implications either way?
An OOIDA executive took to the airwaves a few days after its ELD exemption request was denied, and he had a few things to get off his chest.
The OOIDA request would have exempted companies meeting the definition of a small business along with various safety standards.
A rule last year by DOT on testing trucking applicants for drugs specifically left hair testing out, but the HHS needs guidelines if the push is to proceed.
A class-action lawsuit against J.B. Hunt will head to trial this September after the Supreme Court refused to review the transportation giant’s appeal to overturn a ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
There are technology solutions out there for the smaller carriers, but they may be expensive or not designed for the littler guys.
Outbound container volumes at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach reached 13 month highs, a sign that shippers want to move good before the gates close.
Signs of movement over to rails, OOIDA sounds off on younger drivers, U2 puts its money into trucking.
Allegations of threats, name-calling all as part of a schism in two trucking associations.
The ATA and OOIDA are on different sides of this issue.
OOIDA president Todd Spencer talks about the shortage of drivers in the trucking industry and the circumstances that led to this situation.
Fuel taxes disproportinately hurt independent truckers because they are not able to recoup fuel-expenses.
The survey’s numbers are all solidly negative.
Drivers aren’t robots and one size doesn’t fit all, so in the absence of flexibility, wide-awake drivers attempt to sleep in rest stops on 10-hour breaks during the day, which is what makes the 14-hour clock so dangerous.
The Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association has joined efforts to change the current hours-of-service rules to allow drivers to stop driving when they are tired.
Jim Johnston, longtime president and CEO of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), has passed away following a year-long battle with lung cancer, the association announced Monday evening.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has issued a letter to state attorneys general in all states asking them to review potential problems surrounding upcoming enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate.
Yesterday, the Small Business House Committee heard how forthcoming ELD regulations will stifle competition, and how it won’t actually provide safety benefits.
Following on the heels of a 90-day waiver from the ELD rule for agriculture haulers, and several other exemptions granted by FMCSA in recent months, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has submitted a new exemption request to the agency.
Hino Trucks will expand its product offerings to include Class 8 vehicles, starting in 2019, the company said this week.
Claiming the upcoming ELD mandate violated the 4th Amendment, OOIDA had asked the Supreme Court to hear the case. The Court has declined to do so, allowing the rule to go into effect in December.
While FMCSA’s electronic logging device (ELD) rule seems like a done deal, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has not thrown in the towel quite yet. Also, Republicans continue pushing for border adjustment tax, tonnage falls, and a new approach to truck safety.
