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Safety Groups Petition NHTSA for Collision Avoidance Systems

Several nonprofit safety groups have asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to mandate collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems for new heavy trucks and buses.

February 23, 2015

House Panel to Begin Highway Bill Work; Anthony Foxx to Testify on Transportation Funding

A House appropriations subcommittee will embark this week on the ambitious task of stitching together a fiscal 2016 highway and transit funding bill that can win support in both chambers of Congress before the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

February 23, 2015

Recruiting, Retention Strategies Must Change to Attract New Drivers, ATRI’s Brewster Says

Trucking must change its recruiting and retention practices to attract  women and younger Americans to the industry and keep them employed there, to counter the trend of aging driver demographics, a top industry researcher said.

February 23, 2015

Food Industry Confronts Tight Capacity, New Regulations as Global Demand Grows

Food producers and shippers are adjusting to changes in their transportation needs just as increasing demand for products and supplies is running up against forthcoming rules that will regulate the condition of the industry’s goods and shipping equipment.

February 23, 2015

TT Archives: TMC

Founded in 1956 as the Maintenance Committee of the Regular Common Carrier Conference, this 1979 edition of Transport Topics marked the beginning of full council status within American Trucking Associations for what is now the Technology & Maintenance Council.

February 23, 2015

FMCSA Extends Comment Period on Crash Weighting

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will accept comments for an additional month on its crash-weighting analysis published in January.

February 19, 2015

Ryder to Train Maintenance Workforce on Nat Gas Tech

Ryder System Inc. said it has begun an online natural gas truck training program for its 6,000 North American maintenance employees.

February 20, 2015

Sorbon Transport Shut Down by FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has placed a Colorado-based trucking company out of service, labeling the firm an “imminent hazard to public safety,” the agency said Feb. 18.

February 18, 2015

ATA’s Osiecki Outlines Trucking’s Legislative, Regulatory Outlook

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trucking industry is continuing to pursue policy goals in a long-term highway bill, including a permanent fix to the suspended hours-of-service restart provision, American Trucking Associations’ Dave Osiecki said.

February 17, 2015

Omnitracs Ties Development Across Acquired Businesses

DALLAS — Omnitracs and its expanding collection of trucking technology businesses will move forward as “one team,” collaborating on product development to help trucking firms improve their operations, the company’s chief executive said.

February 16, 2015