Action: Notice of public listening session. Summary: FMCSA announces that it will hold a public listening session to solicit information, concepts, ideas, and comments on Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) and the issue of driver… Read More »Public Listening Session on the Use of Electronic On-Board Recorders Scheduled on April 26 in Bellevue, WA
Month-long work started Monday on all lanes of I-20/59 North in Bessemer, Ala., diverting nearly 50,000 vehicles that travel those lanes daily, reports The Birmingham News. The Alabama Department of Transportation is working to replace… Read More »Expect Delays on I-20/59 near Birmingham, Ala.
4/10/2012 1:15:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Tom Biery/Trans Pixs The number of trucks that crossed into the United States from Mexico and Canada rose 1.7% last year from… Read More »Mexican Border Crossings Rose 2.6% Last Year, DOT Says
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a request for a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling it says would hurt the EEOC’s ability to pursue class-action discrimination lawsuits for more than 100 women… Read More »EEOC Seeks Rehearing for Trucker Harassment Case
4/9/2012 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Three oil companies have agreed to settle lawsuits related to “hot fuelâ€� — gasoline and diesel that is not adjusted by volume… Read More »Three Oil Companies Settle in 'Hot Fuel' Suit
A Schneider 53-foot van weighs about 14,000 pounds empty. Winds of more than 100 mph lifted the trailers off the ground when tornados touched down in Dallas last week. Trailer Talk blog by by Tom… Read More »14,000-pound trailer's an easy toss for a twister with 100-plus-mph winds
4/6/2012 10:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Truck owners are allowed to tint the windshields and side windows of a truck’s cab, which could protect drivers from harmful sunlight,… Read More »Trucks May Have Tinted Windows, Group Says
GreenRoad‘s Fleet Leaders Survey shows that 57% of fleet leaders have “connected fleets” using Web-based fleet-management solutions. Twenty-eight percent of fleet leaders are actively using smartphones for fleet management today, and 8% are using iPads… Read More »Survey Suggests 'Connected Fleet' is Becoming the Norm
4/6/2012 10:30:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Transportation Sector Employment Shows Improvement Tweet Print This The U.S. unemployment declined to 8.2% in March — the lowest in three years — but trucking jobs fell… Read More »Unemployment Rate Drops to Three-Year Low 8.2%; Trucking Jobs Decline
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During a ceremony celebrating the 20th anniversary of Schnieder National‘s military recruitment program, the company announced plans to hire 650 current and former military members across the country in 2012. “Our military personnel-and those coming… Read More »Schneider Plans to Hire 650 Military Members in 2012
4/6/2012 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Baja Express Transportes, Tijuana, Mexico, has been granted authority to operate throughout the United States, the third carrier to get authority under… Read More »FMCSA Approves Another Mexican Carrier for U.S. Operation