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By James Jaillet, CCJ News, February 7, 2018 In one of the first reports of its kind, the U.S. DOT has concluded that time spent detained at shipper or receiver facilities cuts truck driver pay by between $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion annually, in addition to crimping industry safety. An extra 15 mi…Read More

By David Cullen, Truckinginfo.com, January 31, 2018 In his first State of the Union speech, President Trump upped the ante for infrastructure spending by requesting that Congress craft a bipartisan bill that “generates” at least $1.5 trillion to invest in the “safe, fast, reliable, and modern …Read More

By Cristina Commendatore, American Trucker, Jan 31, 2018 Here are five things worth knowing in the world of trucking today, Jan. 31:  1. Truckers deliver for America’s Big Game To illustrate just how big of an impact the trucking industry has on the Super Bowl, the Minnesota Trucking Association …Read More

By Staff, American Trucker, January 25, 2018 The latest numbers generated by the For-Hire Trucking Index compiled by ACT Research indicates that the freight segment of the index rose faster than the capacity part of the index in each of the last 12 months. That’s allowed the supply-demand “balan…Read More

By Denise Rondini, Truckinginfo.com, January 23, 2018 LAS VEGAS -- “We are now in the third longest expansion,” said William Strauss, senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaking at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue event here just ahead of Heavy Duty …Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, January 19, 2018 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday unveiled its plan for increasing the gas tax to rebuild America’s roads, bridges and trains. Chamber President Tom Donohue called for a 25-cent increase to the gas tax over the course of five years, but said his gr…Read More

By Sean Kilcarr, American Trucker, January 19, 2018 On ongoing poll conducted by CarrierLists finds that compliance with the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate by trucking companies is dropping back down to levels experienced back in November and December – a factor largely driven by regional…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, January 11, 2018 According to Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the motor carrier industry is “on the cusp of revolutionary changes” in the way freight and people are moved, and government regulations need to kee…Read More

By The Trucker News Services, TheTrucker.com, January 8, 2018 WASHINGTON — A large coalition of national trade associations, all of which are stakeholders in infrastructure investment, called on Congress to pass a plan that increases direct federal project spending on infrastructure and encourages…Read More

By Steven Martinez, HDT Truckinginfo.com, January 4, 2018 A massive winter storm has slammed the East Coast from Florida to Maine, bringing with it snow, high winds, and frigid temperatures that are creating difficult traveling conditions across a wide swath of the Northeast. Commonly referred to as…Read More