WASHINGTON — The top U.S. trucking regulator pledged to step up its safety initiatives and outreach programs this year to aggressively go after commercial drivers unfit to operate on the nation’s highways.
January 19, 2015Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous
FMCSA Finalizing New Rules to Target Unfit Drivers, Fleets
Business, Safety, Autonomous
America’s Road Team Captains to Spread Trucking’s Safety Message
American Trucking Associations last week named 19 truck drivers to represent the industry as the 2015-2016 America’s Road Team.
January 19, 2015Business, Government, Safety, Fuel
Transportation Leaders Haunted By Road Woes, Clean-Air Rules
WASHINGTON — While transportation professionals keep coming up with innovations in distribution, they also are squeezed by deteriorating infrastructure and demands for improved environmental quality, industry experts said.
January 19, 2015Business, Safety, Government
Self-Driving Vehicles In Commercial Use, But Consumer Versions Still Years Away
WASHINGTON — Automated vehicle operation is under way, and the technology could expand the availability and types of transportation options for commercial and consumer vehicles in years to come, industry and government experts said.Â
January 19, 2015Technology, Equipment, Safety
Dealers Adjust to OEMs’ Diagnostics Systems by Revamping Service Center Operations
Dealerships are updating service facilities and rethinking their management practices to keep pace with onboard remote diagnostics systems that truck makers offer to limit maintenance delays and get truckers back out on the road, industry representatives said.
January 19, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
FMCSA Recruiting Drivers and Carriers for HOS Study
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking for truck drivers and carriers willing to participate in an hours-of-service driver restart study.
January 16, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Boxer: Act on Long-Term Highway Bill Immediately
Less than a week after she announced she would not seek another term in the Senate, California Democrat Barbara Boxer urged GOP leaders to turn their attention to funding the country’s aging transportation system.
January 15, 2015Government, Business, Safety
Democrats Announce T&I Committee Members
Peter DeFazio of Oregon, ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has announced the Democrats who will serve on T&I in the new Congress.
January 14, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Fuel
Rep. Huffman Pushes Bill to Replace Gas Tax
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) this week introduced a bill that would replace the diesel and gas tax with a carbon tax, the latest congressional proposal aimed at boosting transportation dollars ahead of the reauthorization of a major highway law this spring.
January 14, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous
Driver Shortage, Truck Parking in New Resiliency Definition
WASHINGTON — Transportation officials have expanded the scope of their resiliency planning beyond infrastructure to such issues as how to make trucking more adaptable to driver shortages and inadequate truck parking, said a top official at the Federal Highway Administration.
January 14, 2015