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.
