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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, Logistics

Plagued by Permits, Truckers Find Route to Illinois Intermodal Center Long and Costly

A difficult and expensive trip to one of the nation’s largest intermodal facilities in Illinois has become a thorn in the side of many truckers who service the center.

August 26, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

ATA Critical of Organized Labor's Claims About Hair Testing for Drug Use

In a letter to congressional transportation leaders, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said critical claims made by organized labor groups about the use of hair specimens for drug testing of commercial drivers are based on ā€œfalse notions and outdated science.ā€

August 25, 2015
Business

US Motorists Drive Record 1.54 Trillion Miles in First Half of Year

U.S. motorists drove a record 1.54 trillion miles in the first half of 2015, beating the previous high of 1.5 trillion set in June 2007, according to new estimates released by the Federal Highway Administration.

August 24, 2015
Government, Business

CRST Petitions for HOS Exemption Allowing Drivers to Use Split Sleeper Berth Time

CRST Expedited Inc. has asked federal regulators to grant some of the company’s drivers an hours-of-service exemption that would allow them to use split sleeper berth time to satisfy federally required off-duty periods.

August 24, 2015
Business

Wal-Mart Driver Tops Field at National Championships

ST. LOUIS — Were it not for a twist of fate, WalĀ­-Mart Transportation truck driver Ronald Emenheiser would not have even been able to compete in the 2015 National Truck Driving Championships.

August 24, 2015
Business

CARB Touts ā€˜Most Promising’ Technologies That Could Cut GHG Output From Reefers

Electric and hydrogen cell-powered transport refrigeration units are the ā€œmost promisingā€ technologies that can be used to reduce reefer emissions over the next five to 10 years and beyond, according to California environmental regulators.

August 24, 2015
Government, Business

Feds Grant Two-Year Hours-of-Service Exemption for Some HazMat Drivers

Federal regulators have granted a two-year exemption for some hazardous material drivers to the hours-of-service rule on 30-minute breaks.

August 21, 2015
Business

NTDC 2015 Champion: Wal-Mart Driver Ronald Emenheiser

ST. LOUIS — Ronald Emenheiser Sr., a Wal-Mart Transportation professional truck driver based in Yorkana, Pennsylvania, took home 2015 Bendix Grand Champion honors at theĀ  National Truck Driving Championships. See full list of winners, photos.

August 17, 2015
Business

Board Recommends Testing of Hair as New Option for Drug Screenings

After two years of study, a federal drug advisory board has issued a recommendation that hair specimens be approved as an alternative for federal workplace drug-testing programs.

August 17, 2015
Business

Darling, Graves Praise Drivers as NTDC Competition Begins

ST. LOUIS — Scott Darling, in his first public appearance since his nomination to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, thanked the 431 truck drivers competing in the 2015 National Trucking Driving Championships for their ā€œdedication to safety.ā€

August 17, 2015