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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

Safety Advisory Issued For Transporting Ebola-Contaminated Material

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on Oct. 29 issued a safety advisory guidance notice for “persons who prepare, offer and transport materials contaminated or suspected of being contaminated with the Ebola virus.”

October 29, 2014
Government

FMCSA Committees OK Recommendations to Monitor Drivers' Legal Drug Use

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s advisory committee and medical review board on Oct. 27 approved a slate of recommendations designed to help medical examiners better evaluate the effect of truck drivers’ legal use of stimulants, depressants and opioids.

October 27, 2014
Government

FMCSA Plans to Test Impact of Split Sleep Breaks on Fatigue

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to conduct a 90-day on-highway pilot program that will evaluate if split sleeper berth breaks will affect truck driver fatigue, a top agency official said Oct. 27.

October 27, 2014
Government, Business

FMCSA Extends Hours-of-Service Exemptions During Fuel Shortages

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 22 issued a final rule allowing states to extend hours-of- service exemptions up to 90 days in times of acute fuel shortages.

October 22, 2014
Government

US, Mexico Agree to Accelerate Cross-Border Trade

Top officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service signed an  agreement Oct. 17 aimed at accelerating secure trade.

October 20, 2014
Government

TSA Administrator Pistole to Retire Dec. 31

Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole will retire effective Dec. 31 from the post he has held the past 4½ years, TSA announced Oct. 16.

October 16, 2014
Government, Business, Safety

Operation Safe Driver Week Kicks Off Oct. 19

Law enforcement agencies across North America beginning Oct. 19 will conduct heightened traffic safety enforcement and education.

October 16, 2014
Government, Safety

Regulators to Meet on Risks of Truckers on Legal Drugs

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s advisory committee and medical review board will meet later this month to “identify concepts” the regulatory agency should consider in updating its policy regarding the risks of truck drivers’ legal use of stimulants, depressants and opioids.

October 10, 2014
Special Coverage

New ATA Chairman Long Plans Image Emphasis on Capitol Hill

RALEIGH, N.C. — Duane Long has run everything from an array of companies with more than 2,000 employees to a logistics firm with 40 trucks, a breadth of experience that he brings to his new role as chairman of American Trucking Associations. But the time he regularly spends on the road also keeps him connected to the challenges fleets and drivers face, Long said.

October 9, 2014
Government, Business, Fuel

OOIDA Asks Court to Review Calif. GHG Truck Regs

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to review a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waiver allowing California regulators to proceed with enforcement of the state’s strict greenhouse gas-emissions reduction rule for heavy-duty trucks based or doing business in California.

October 7, 2014