In 2024, trucking navigated infrastructure investments and lingering economic challenges. Pressing concerns were truck parking shortages, legal battles and nuclear jury verdicts.
December 19, 2024Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Trucking Grapples With Economy, Lawsuits, EV Rules in 2024
Government, Business, Logistics
Railroad Regulators Award $25 Million for Automatic Braking System
Railroad operators around the country got a boost from federal regulators in their efforts to implement the automatic braking system known as positive train control.
August 16, 2016Government
Speed Limiter Rule, Minimum Insurance Requirement Delayed a Month by Regulators
Federal regulators have moved back by nearly a month their projected announcements of two proposed rules, one that would raise the minimum insurance requirement for interstate motor carriers, and the other requiring speed limiters on heavy trucks, according to a new Department of Transportation report.
September 16, 2014Government
Government Studies Focusing on CSA, Effectiveness of FMCSA Safety Actions
The Department of Transportation’s inspector general’s office and a congressional watchdog agency are examining how effective federal commercial vehicle regulators are at keeping bad operators off roads.
November 18, 2013