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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, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 14: Patience, Darling

Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Apparently it won't include a confirmation hearing for Scott Darling, nominated as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

June 14, 2016
Government

DOT鈥檚 Anthony Foxx Says CSA Scores to Be Public Again in 2 Years

WASHINGTON 鈥 It will be about two years before Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores will be available again for public view, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

June 13, 2016
Government, Business, Fuel

Pipeline Safety Reform Passes House

Legislation aimed at reforming pipeline safety programs easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 8, setting up a vote in the Senate as early as this month.

June 9, 2016
Government

CSA Scores to Be Reposted in About Two Years, Secretary Anthony Foxx Says

WASHINGTON 鈥 It likely听will take up to two years to post safety performance scores for trucks on a federal website, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told senators June 8. The scores were removed from public view upon enactment of a five-year highway law.

June 8, 2016
Government, Business

DOT Awards $2 Million in Relief Funds to Northwest States

Agencies in Idaho, Oregon and Washington will receive $2 million in federal aid for repairing highway infrastructure on federal lands affected by heavy rains in December, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced June 7.

June 8, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 7: Foxx and Friends

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appears before the Senate Commerce Committee on June 8 to talk about a variety of topics, including the FAST Act of 2015. That, and everything else that is ahead this week for trucking on Capitol Hill.

June 7, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous

House Committee Keeps Provisions on HOS, Safety Fitness, Meal Breaks

A provision that would allow truck drivers to avoid a rest requirement of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on consecutive days was kept in a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill a House committee approved May 24.

May 30, 2016
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

New Overtime Threshold Could Disrupt Payrolls, Revamp Job Classifications, Trucking Execs Warn

Across the trucking industry, companies should be prepared for some type of financial disruption due to the new Department of Labor rule on overtime pay, a senior official with American Truck Dealers told Transport Topics.

May 30, 2016
Government, Business

Sen. Cory Gardner Asks Colleagues to Oppose Excise Tax Increase on Trucks

The trucking industry is supporting a resolution听that calls for no increase in听the federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks.

May 26, 2016
Government, Business

House Panel Keeps Trucking-Related Provisions in Transportation Bill

WASHINGTON 鈥 A Democratic push to undo trucking-related provisions from a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill was soundly rejected during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on May 24.

May 24, 2016