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Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


Government

Data Improvements Needed to Enhance Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, CVSA Official Says

WASHINGTON — The quality of data used in a federal state grant program needs to improve to ensure the program’s effectiveness, the president of a leading safety group told a Senate panel on July 12.

July 12, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of July 12: Summer Bummer

Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill, the last week before Congress takes its summer recess.Ìý

July 12, 2016
Government, Business, Safety

Stakeholders Urge Tax Committee to Act on Highway Trust Fund Fix

Tax-writing policymakers in CongressÌýshould ensure that any reform package they consider incorporates a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund, the Transportation Construction Coalition said July 7.

July 11, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous

Congress Unlikely to Pass HOS Rest Rule by Recess

Congress is poised to adjourn for its summer break without sending to President Obama legislation that would let truck drivers avoid a rest requirement of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on consecutive days.

July 11, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of July 5: Meet the New Boss

American Trucking Associations has big news for U.S. House members returning to Washington, D.C., from the July 4 recess. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

July 5, 2016
Government, Business

Congestion ‘Increasingly Problematic’ for Trucking, ATA Chairman Says

WASHINGTONÌý— Traffic congestion must be alleviated nationwide, or it will remain a detriment to the trucking industry as demand for transporting freight increases in the coming decades, the chairman of American Trucking Associations said.

June 29, 2016
Government, Business

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 21: Summer in the Capital City

Policymakers in the Washington, D.C., area kicked off the start of summer June 20 by checking out the conditions at the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Mayor Muriel Bowser were among the lawmakers who inspected the bridge’s “deterioration,†as they put it. Bowser indicated that D.C., Maryland, and Virginia have developed a solution to repair the bridge.

June 21, 2016
Government

US DOT’s Smart City Challenge Winner to Get Solar Equipment

The winner this month of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge will get $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators, the department announced June 20.

June 20, 2016
Business, Technology

Connected Vehicle Technologies a Priority For Next Highway Bill, Rep. Graves Says

Establishing programs that transportation officials and experts may use to devise strategies to reduce congestion through advanced technologies will need to be a part of the next long-term transportation bill, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) told stakeholders June 9.

June 20, 2016
Business

Some Florida Truckers Threaten Strike

More than 2,000 truck drivers in Florida are threatening to go on a strike June 25 for possibly two weeks to protest work conditions, a spokesman for the group organizing the strike told Transport Topics.

June 20, 2016