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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, Business

FMCSA Shuts Down Two Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced March 19 it has shut down two motor carriers for disregarding federal safety regulations and putting their companies’ drivers, passengers and the public at risk.

March 19, 2014
Government, Business, Safety

Wyoming DOT to Study 80 MPH Speed Limit

The Wyoming Department of Transportation is planning a study to determine which highways would be safe to raise the speed limit to 80 mph.

March 19, 2014
Special Coverage, Business, Fuel, Government

Greenhouse-Gas Rules to Include Study of Several Technologies, Officials Say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The next phase of the federal government’s greenhouse-gas regulations for trucks will include an examination of a “suite” of technologies that can lower emissions and increase fuel efficiency, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.

March 13, 2014
Special Coverage, Business

ATA Forms Committee to Explore Highway Funding Options

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A special committee of top motor carrier executives will meet in Dallas in late March to discuss fundraising mechanisms other than a fuel-tax increase to pay for the next highway bill, American Trucking Associations Chairman Philip Byrd Sr. announced March 11.

March 11, 2014
Special Coverage

TMC Launches New Scorecard Program

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv Inc. announced the launch of a program that will capture industry data and trends.

March 10, 2014
Government

EPA Budget Would Cut Truck Emission-Reduction Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for a popular program that since 2008 has helped truckers buy equipment to reduce diesel emissions, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said last week.

March 5, 2014
Government

OOIDA’s Lawsuit Over FMCSA’s DataQ Process Transferred to District Court

Saying it lacks jurisdiction, a federal appeals court has transferred a lawsuit about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ process to a district court.

March 4, 2014
Government

House Panel to Hold Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships

A special House panel exploring opportunities for public-private partnerships across all modes of transportation will conduct an overview hearing March 5 on Capitol Hill.

February 28, 2014
Business

Federal Court Panel to Hear Pilot Lawsuit Consolidation Request

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has set a March 27 hearing in San Diego to consider a request by Pilot Flying J attorneys to consolidate seven lawsuits filed against the truck-stop chain seeking damages in connection with a diesel-fuel rebate fraud scheme.

February 25, 2014
Government

Lane Kidd Resigns as Arkansas Trucking Association President

Arkansas Trucking Association President Lane Kidd said Feb. 24 he is leaving the association after leading it for 22 years.

February 24, 2014