Stakeholder comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to aggressively reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions generally were positive, but with some caveats.
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Editorial: TMC Theme Was New Tech, Skilled Professionals Are Propelling Trucking Forward
While new technology is driving trucking forward, the industry still needs the expertise of service professionals to keep tomorrow’s equipment running smoothly.
March 2, 2020FMCSA Announces Tech-Celerate Now at 2020 TMC
Tech-Celerate Now, FMCSA’s first-of-its-kind program to bring together government agencies and private sector industry leaders to promote advanced driver assist systems, got a boost at American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting.
February 25, 2020UPS Requests Exemption for Driver-Trainees to Operate Doubles
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Feb. 24 that it is seeking comment on a 2019 request from United Parcel Service Inc. in which the carrier seeks a five-year renewable exemption from federal regulations in order to allow its driver-trainees with commercial learner permits to operate twin 28-foot trailers on public roads.
February 24, 2020Nissan Warns About Future of European Plants as Brexit Weighs
Nissan Motor Co. gave the starkest warning yet on the future of the Japanese group’s car factories in western Europe, with a plant in the U.K. threatened by Brexit and another in Spain suffering from a slump in demand.
February 24, 2020Rep. Sam Graves Highlights Push to Streamline Permitting Process
Policies aimed at expediting the permitting process related to big-ticket infrastructure projects would enhance connectivity along freight and commuter networks, Rep. Sam Graves, the top Republican on the House transportation panel, recently indicated.
February 18, 2020January Tonnage Up 0.8% Compared to 2019
Truck tonnage on a seasonally adjusted basis rose 0.8% in January compared with year-ago levels, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, which was released Feb. 18.
February 18, 2020Five Plead Guilty to Staging Truck Crashes in New Orleans Area
Five individuals accused of participating in a two-year conspiracy to stage accidents with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area have pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges.
February 11, 20202020 TMC Photo Gallery
Images from the 2020 Technology & Maintenance Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Feb. 23-27, 2020. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
February 7, 2020CEOs Pivot Business Models to Feature Electrification
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Rick Dauch, CEO of Delphi Technologies, maker of fuel injectors for the light and commercial vehicle sectors, told an audience of aftermarket experts the powertrain space will consolidate very quickly over the next 12 months to five years.
February 5, 2020