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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.


Government

USDA to Raise Inspection Fees 187% on Imports From Canada, Mexico

The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week issued a final rule designed to recoup costs associated with animal and plant inspections by raising fees for all truck-borne imports by 187%.

November 1, 2015
Business, Equipment, Safety

Brake Safety Week Out-of-Service Violations Drop to 12.3% in 2015

The out-of-service rate for the annual Brake Safety Week event in September was 12.3%, down from 16.2% last year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance reported.

October 29, 2015
Government, Business

Agriculture Dept. Expected to Nearly Triple Truck-Borne Border Inspection Fee

The U.S. Agriculture Department is expected later this week to issue a final rule designed to recoup costs associated with animal and plant inspections by raising fees for all truck-borne imports by 187%.

October 27, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

House T&I Panel Approves Six-Year Highway Bill

WASHINGTON — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.

October 22, 2015
Government

NHTSA Grants Petition on Collision-Avoidance Systems

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has granted a petition for rulemaking filed by several safety groups that could be the first step toward adoption of a proposed mandate to require automatic forward collision systems on heavy vehicles.

October 19, 2015
Government

DOT Releases Draft National Freight Strategic Plan

The Department of Transportation on Oct. 19 released a draft copy of its detailed National Freight Strategic Plan that calls for funding dedicated to freight projects, identifies major corridors and gateways, offers ways to improve data collection and analysis to measure freight movement and suggests programs to train future freight transportation workers skills for fast-changing technologies.

October 19, 2015
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous

Industry Rejects CSA Study Defending Crash-Risk Data

Despite ongoing trucking industry concerns over the crash predictability of the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, regulators have released a new report they say confirms CSA is doing a good job of identifying unsafe motor carriers.

October 19, 2015
Business, Government, Safety, Fuel

Diesel Jumps 6.4¢ to $2.556;Gasoline Rises 1.9¢ to $2.337

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 6.4 cents a gallon to $2.556, the largest increase in more than two years, the Department of Energy reported.

October 19, 2015
Business, Equipment

Former Arrow Trucking CEO Pielsticker Gets 7½ Years for Fraud

Former Arrow Trucking CEO James Douglas Pielsticker has been sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that contributed to the Tulsa, Oklahoma, motor carrier’s demise.

October 14, 2015
Government, Fuel

California Pushes EPA to Lower NOx Limit as Part of GHG Rule for Heavy Trucks

California environmental regulators said they plan to begin development of tougher nitrogen oxide standards for heavy trucks, possibly as early as 2017.

October 12, 2015