The Biden administration praised strides made to boost trucking jobs — but could a freight recession undercut progress?
Biden’s 2023 budget request increases funding to deal with freight bottlenecks and issue new regulations.
The Biden administration has made $2.9 billion available for projects that expand freight capacity.
This AskWaves considers whether the federal government is needed to launch a supply chain portal – and whether it can succeed.
DOT is leading a freight data exchange pilot project that it envisions as a long-term effort to speed cargo flow and cut costs for consumers.
W. Graham Claytor, Jr. was a leader of men and organizations. Read a profile of his career in this FreightWaves Classics article.
The Environmental Protection Agency maintains a listing of “off-cycle” vehicle technologies that reduce emissions but are not sufficiently accounted for in city and highway test cycles.
A U.S. Postal Service evaluation concluded that electric vehicles make sense for its next-generation delivery vehicle, but a short time frame and lack of funding require the deployment of gasoline-powered vehicles initially.
A federal proposal allowing trucking companies to use oral drug testing will reduce costs but could prove less effective against “lifestyle” drug users.
The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.
