22 May Many Americans Missing Solid Job Market’s Bounty, Fed Poll Shows Many U.S. households remain in a precarious financial position despite unemployment falling to the lowest level in years, a new Federal Reserve survey shows. Read more...
22 May FMCSA Chief Ray Martinez Says ELD Guidance for Ag Haulers Forthcoming WASHINGTON — New electronic logging device guidance that would address flexibility concerns raised by aspects of the agriculture sector will be unveiled shortly by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency’s chief told House lawmakers May 22. Read more...
22 May Senate Panel Wants Explanation for Delays on Hair Testing Guidelines A Senate committee on May 22 unanimously approved a bill that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide an explanation for a 15-month delay in issuing mandatory federal hair testing guidelines for safety-sensitive transportation employees such as truck drivers. Read more...
22 May Two More Trucking Companies Raise Driver Pay Two more trucking companies have joined a growing list of operators that are increasing compensation to retain their current drivers and attract new recruits. Read more...
22 May Wabtec to Merge With GE Transportation GE Transportation, a foundation piece of the company built by inventor Thomas Edison, a business founded in Erie, Pa., and based there for most of its 110-year history, is merging with another Pennsylvania company in a deal worth $11.1 billion. Read more...
22 May Tonnage Springs 9.4% Higher in April Truck tonnage jumped 9.4% in April compared with the same period a year ago, according to American Trucking Associations’ monthly for-hire truck tonnage index. Read more...
22 May Illinois Town, Love’s Reach $750,000 Development Agreement The Decatur City Council on May 21 unanimously approved a first-of-its-kind development agreement for a new Love’s Travel Stop & Country Store. Read more...
22 May Vote on Heidi King for NHTSA Post Delayed Concern that Democrats would vote as a block against the nomination of Heidi King to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration led to a delay in the scheduled vote, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D) told reporters May 21. Read more...
22 May Cargo Thefts Down, but Reporting Problems Remain There were 115 cargo thefts in the United States in the first quarter with an average loss value per incident of $117,283, according to Sensitech’s SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center. Read more...
22 May Opinion: A Future for Highway Funding For decades, America’s roads and bridges were paid for by the users of transportation systems through modest fuel taxes. The system worked well for years, but as vehicles became more fuel efficient and cars that use little or no fuel at all became more prevalent, less revenue from this user fee flowed into the Highway Trust Fund. It's time to forge a new path forward. Read more...