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Mileage Tax Could Replace Fuel Taxes in Near Future, Lawmakers, Experts Say

WASHINGTON — It’s only a matter of time before fuel taxes will be replaced or supplemented with mileage taxes to pay for the nation’s roads, lawmakers and transportation policy experts said.

March 2, 2015

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

Fleet Executives Say Strong Markets Increase Opportunity to Raise Rates

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Trucking markets will continue to be solid this year, opening the door for carriers to raise rates at least 4%, fleet executives and analysts said.

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

New TMC Chairman Kevin Tomlinson Laments Technician Shortage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kevin Tomlinson acknowledges that he and his fellow technicians might share some of the blame for the trucking industry’s technician shortage.

February 23, 2015

Class 8 Registrations Rise in 2014 to Highest Level in Eight Years

Registrations of new Class 8 trucks rose in 2014 to the highest level in eight years as rising freight demand continued to spur investments in new equipment, IHS Automotive reported.

February 20, 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

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