The truck driver shortage in the United States has reached an estimated 48,000 drivers and could expand even further according to an analysis by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). Trucking firms have responded by raising average pay 17 percent since the end of 2013, according to the National Transportation Institute. Firms have also reached out…
Warning of “potential legal consequences” if lawmakers embrace Governor Raimondo’s trucks-only tolling proposal, the Rhode Island Trucking Association proposed an alternative that relies instead on hikes in the diesel tax and truck registration fees, according to an article in the Providence Journal. “We have always stated we want to be part of the solution, but…
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Daphne Jefferson says her agency wants to see more women to join the trucking industry, according to a recent blog post. Jefferson said that this is one way that she wants to help more people become part of the middle class. Career opportunities in the trucking industry…
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and a collection of lawmakers and truck safety advocates are speaking out against efforts to extend the length of tractor trailers nationwide, saying the move jeopardizes highway safety, according to the union. Allowing trucks to pull 33-foot trailers would add an additional 10 feet to the length of existing…
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a highway bill on Nov. 5, setting up negotiations with the Senate in an effort to pass the first long-term congressional highway bill in a decade. By a vote of 363-64, the House voted to spend $261 billion on highways and $55 billion on transit over six years….
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind says his agency is launching a comprehensive effort to crackdown on drowsy driving, a major contributor to U.S. traffic deaths. Rosekind said NHTSA needs better data to measure the problem and increase awareness on the topic. A former NASA scientist, Rosekind is considered an expert on human fatigue. He is a…
Acting Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) chief Scott Darling addressed the recent American Trucking Associations annual conference in Philadelphia and called for more cooperation between the industry and the federal government. In his remarks, Darling mentioned the recent commercial motor vehicle safety training grants as an example of how the federal government and the industry…
For years the auto industry fought the mandating of various safety technologies. Airbags, for example, were opposed by most car companies for decades before they became required equipment on all passenger vehicles starting in 1989. But the auto industry has been extraordinarily open to voluntarily adding an important and potentially life-saving active safety technology known…
Investors are pouring millions of dollars into startups hoping to disrupt the $700 billion trucking industry, the latest example of Silicon Valley’s efforts to upend the traditional economy, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. A series of startups are vying to become an “Uber of trucking,” leveraging truck drivers’ smartphones to quickly…
A recently released national poll finds that a majority of Americans hold the trucking industry in high regard. The poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the American Trucking Associations, surveyed 800 registered voters on their attitudes about politics, the trucking industry and the state of infrastructure. “Our industry invests more than $7 billion each…
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