With the ELD mandate comes questions about the hours of service and what you should and should not log. One question asked has to do with yard moves, what they are and when you should log them. A yard move is when you are driving your truck within the property…
The toll at Gantry 4 at the Oxford Street Bridge on I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island, will go from $2.25 to $4.50 starting March 5. Comments can be submitted to Dot.BridgeRepairTolls@dot.ri.gov until March 1. The increase comes from eliminating a toll location which would have been collecting that amount if…
Oregon’s trucking industry has objected to renewing a tax on heavy-duty trucks, but the city council of Portland is going through with it. The original tax started in 2016 with a 2.8% surcharge to the weight-mile tax for drivers of heavy-duty vehicles and will now, if voted on, be at…
For the 2021 fiscal year, President Trump is requesting $1 trillion for infrastructure which includes a good chunk of change for more truck parking. With every budget comes increases and decreases. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will get a slight increase and the Department of Transportation will get a…
Trucking companies around New York are waiting to hear what is going to happen after the government’s ban of the Trusted Traveler Program. There are currently around 30,000 people who use the FAST (Free and Secure Trade) program which expedites trucks through the border. Now, with the suspension of these…
With its lack of a truck stop and the only places for trucks to park are not necessarily safe places, the people of Peoria, Illinois, are thinking of changing their rules. Currently, there is a ban on parking trucks within municipal limits, but there is no place for trucks to…
Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse went live at the beginning of January, over 90% of drivers looking for a job have not signed up. Of those who have signed up, 3,000 of them have failed drug and alcohol tests. Drivers are not required to…
The longer it stays cold, the deeper the freeze in Wisconsin roads, and the harder and more solid the road, the more weight it can handle. During the winter months, Zones of Wisconsin roads are allowed heavier loads from commercial vehicles. Currently, the Frozen Road Declaration has now gone into…
The Oregon Department of Transportation wants drivers to be aware of heavy truck traffic around the state on Thursday. There is a rally at the Oregon Capitol in Salem and truckers are putting together convoys to protest the ‘cap and trade” climate change legislation. The ODOT is alerting everyone in…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., has pledged its support for the USDOT’s Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking initiative. This initiative urges those in the transportation industry to educate their employees about the signs of human trafficking and raise public awareness all around. At rest stops and truck stops, there are…