6/1/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April’s three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department… Read More »Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2%; Trucking Gains Jobs
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 14-12 Thursday, May 31, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 U.S. Department of Transportation Shuts Down 26… Read More »U.S. Department of Transportation Shuts Down 26 Bus Operations in
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A fleetHQ technician inspects a trailer where it’s parked, and after a go-ahead from Paschall Truck Lines, will fix whatever’s wrong. Trailer Talk blog by Tom Berg, Senior Editor With more than 2,700 trailers scattered… Read More »Paschall improves CSA scores with contract 'readiness' program
6/1/2012 11:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Canadian Pacific Railway resumed operations Friday morning after a week-long strike, Reuters reported. Lawmakers concerned about the impact on economy pushed through… Read More »Canadian Pacific Resumes Operations as Strike Ends
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 395 [Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0183] Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles; Regulatory Guidance for Oilfield Exception AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration… Read More »FMCSA Requests Public Comment on a Revision of its Regulatory Guidance to Clarify the Applicability of the "Oilfield Operations" Exceptions to the Hours of Service Regulations
On the Road Blog by Jim Park, Equipment Editor Here’s a tale that, if it were from any other industry, might inspired a feel-good feature film. It’s about a struggling rookie lease-operator who, as he… Read More »The 1.6 mpg epiphany
5/31/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to create a multimodal freight initiative within the Department of Transportation. “This… Read More »Senator Asks DOT to Create Freight Initiative
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 395 [Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0183] Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles; Regulatory Guidance for Oil Field Exception AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety… Read More »FMCSA Requests Public Comment on a Revision of its Regulatory Guidance to Clarify the Applicability of the "Oilfield Operations" Exceptions to the Hours of Service Regulations.
by Tom Berg, Senior Editor Natural gas! Almost everything’s natural gas! That was my impression while walking through the displays at the Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in early May at the Long Beach Convention Center.… Read More »Does natural gas make sense as a truck fuel? Why not use it to make stuff that's easier to handle?
5/30/2012 1:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs A strike at Canadian Pacific Railway will continue at least until Friday, due to passage by Canada’s opposition Liberal… Read More »CP Railroad Strike Likely to Continue Through Friday
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a 60-day extension of the time that motor carriers have to comment on proposed improvements to the agency’s proposed Safety Measurement System. The comment… Read More »FMCSA Extends Time for Comments on Proposed Safety Measurement System
5/29/2012 4:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period on its planned changes to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program by… Read More »FMCSA Extends CSA Comment Period Through July 30