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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


Business

Attempt to End Conflict Minerals Rule Draws Strong Input From Both Sides

A threat by the Trump administration to dump a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring public companies to search their supply chains for African “conflict minerals” has drawn more than 275 written comments, many of them passionate on both sides of the issue.

April 24, 2017
Business

Quality of Driver Medical Examinations Is Inconsistent, ATRI Reports

The quality of truck and bus driver physical exams administered by certified Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration medical examiners is inconsistent, according to new analysis by the American Transportation Research Institute.

April 18, 2017
Business

Conflict Minerals Requirement Under Fire as Agencies Seek Input on Rule's Merits

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and State Department are hoping to revise or eliminate an SEC rule requiring public companies to trace “conflict minerals” in their supply chains.

April 17, 2017
Business

Opioid Testing for Drivers Garners Broad Support

There has been widespread support of a Department of Transportation proposal, made public earlier this year when the agency decided to amend its drug-testing program regulation, to add four opioids to its routine drug testing of commercial motor vehicle drivers.

April 10, 2017
Government

California Leaders Reach Deadline for $52.4 Billion Transportation Bill

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and state Democratic legislative leaders last week were racing to meet a self-imposed deadline to approve a $52.4 billion, 10-year transportation bill to fix California’s crumbling infrastructure with revenue from hefty gasoline and diesel tax increases.

April 10, 2017
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

NHTSA Upgrades Investigation Into Freightliner Cascadia Wiper Motor Failures

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an ongoing preliminary investigation into windshield wiper motor failures on a potential 193,000 2015-16 Freightliner Cascadias.

April 7, 2017
Government

Massive Transportation Infrastructure Bill Narrowly Approved by California Lawmakers

California legislators on April 6 narrowly approved a $52.4 billion, 10-year transportation bill to fix the state’s crumbling roads and bridges with revenues from hefty gas and diesel tax increases.

April 7, 2017
Government, Safety

Supreme Court Declines to Review a Driver's Sleep Apnea Lawsuit Against Crete Carrier Corp.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving an obese truck driver who claimed in a lawsuit that his employer, Crete Carrier Corp., should not have required him to submit to a sleep study to determine if he had sleep apnea.

April 6, 2017
Government

Senate Commerce Committee Endorses Deputy Transportation Secretary Nominee Jeffrey Rosen

A Senate panel on April 5 endorsed the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the No. 2 spot at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

April 5, 2017
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

NTSB Encourages Fleets to Root Out Bad Drivers

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A top National Transportation Safety Board official called on motor carriers to do a better job of identifying drivers in their employ with bad driving habits.

April 3, 2017