The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting public comments regarding property brokers being more transparent with their transactions. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the Small Business in Transportation Coalition are asking the FMCSA to require brokers, within 48 hours of service, to provide an electronic copy of each…
The Road Information Project has put out a report stating that Maryland’s Interstate Highway System is one of the worst in the nation. The congestion, volume of travelers, and pavement deterioration are rated among the highest/worst out there. Between 2000 and 2018, Maryland’s interstate usage has increased far quicker than…
The For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index put out by the American Trucking Associations decreased by 5.1% in July. In June, there was an 8.9% surge and now it has fallen possibly due to retails sales increasing but manufacturing and international trade falling behind. These figures are put together with numbers given…
The Intermodal Association of North America has listed some numbers showing intermodal gains in July. Here are the numbers: July shipments off 1.8% at 1,526,490Domestic containers up 11% at 692,122Trailers up 10.8% at 107,728All Domestic equipment up 11% at 799,400International containers down 12.8% at 727,090 Click the link below for…
From Gypsum to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Interstate 70 is closed due to the Grizzly Creek Fire burning a 25,000-acre area. There are alternate routes available, but area officials are talking about trucks not being able to get to communities in a timely manner. Detours cost trucking companies money because they…
By the end of 2019, there were more than 2,000 electric trucks on our roads, and a new analysis put out by Wood Mackenzie shows that by 2025 there will be more than 54,000 electric trucks out there. With more trucks comes an expanded infrastructure of available charging units. Currently,…
Public safety agencies and law enforcement have announced the transportation plan for the 2020 Democratic Nation Convention to be held in Milwaukee, WI on August 17-20, 2020. Together with local, state, and federal law enforcement, an outline has been put out closing roads, restricting flights, and putting in restricted zones…
A study has been put out by the Eastern Transportation Coalition showing that a one-size-fits-all pay structure for drivers in the trucking industry will not work for everyone. This study also found that when it comes to fuel costs, trucks and cars are nothing alike and a single rate for…
The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be setting up temporary signals on both sides of the Snake River Bridge on WYO 22 to allow trucks with legal loads to cross the bridge at night. For seven days a week, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. there will be one-way traffic…
The Advanced Career Institute in California has 150 students waiting to take their truck driving exams and has noticed an influx of new drivers during this pandemic. They are trying to pump them out as quickly as possible but will all the regulations in place only four per campus are…