U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx took the case for increased investment in American infrastructure on the road Feb. 17-20, visiting five states and the District of Columbia to underscore the importance of a new, long-term transportation bill. Foxx visited Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia and ended the trip with a visit…
Michigan’s state police have become the latest law enforcement agency to join forces with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) in the fight against human trafficking. The state police’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) launched a new initiative to involve the trucking industry in the effort. A significant amount of human trafficking activity takes place at truck…
A Los Angeles Superior Court recently ruled that seven drivers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were due more than $2 million from a trucking firm that had classified them as contract laborers rather than employees. Pacer Cartage, a subsidiary of XPO Logistics, said it would appeal the ruling. XPO believes the…
President Barack Obama recently sent Congress his budget plan that includes a six-year, $478 billion road, transit and rail proposal. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), was quick to applaud the proposal. “We applaud the President and his administration for their leadership that has set the stage for a serious discussion…
In his inaugural address in early January, California Gov. Jerry Brown said one of his goals was to reduce petroleum use in both trucks and passenger vehicles by 50 percent over the next 15 years. That and other environmentally-friendly pledges were met enthusiastically by environmental groups. “We applaud Gov. Brown for working to secure a…
A 2013 crash of an oversized truck on an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle caused a section of the bridge to collapse, sending three vehicles into the river. The crash prompted the Washington State DOT (WSDOT) to develop a state route bridge vertical clearance trip planner to aid truckers in…
With the national spotlight shining brightly on truck driver Hours of Service (HOS), the issue of accessible parking for truck drivers has reemerged. According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), a parking shortage for American truckers has existed for more than two decades and is only getting worse. ATA says there were 2.3 million registered…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently included enhanced safety in commercial trucking as one of its 2015 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements. NTSB also cited rail tank cars that carry hazardous materials; requiring that transportation operators be medically fit for duty and requiring pilots to strengthen procedural compliance as newcomers to the…
The California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to exempt its bee-hauling members from the 30-minute break required of drivers by the 2013-implemented federal Hours of Service (HOS) rule. CFBF says in its application for the exemption that bees must while in transit have “a flow of cool,…
Mexican long-haul truckers are now welcome to apply for long-haul permits in the U.S., according to the U.S. DOT. Long opposed by U.S. trucking firms, the measure is expected to bring to an end $2 billion in trade tariffs that were imposed by Mexico because of the trade dispute. President Barack Obama met with Mexico’s…
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