31 Mar At the Truck Stop, the Doctor Will See You Now LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Forty-eight percent of truck drivers have a serious health condition, but when it comes to preventive care, many do not have the time to miss work or find a convenient time and place to get medical exams, an audience of drivers was told at the Mid-America Trucking Show on March 29. Read more...
30 Mar Even Tech Companies Say, ‘There Are Always Going to Be Truck Drivers’ LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Is technology in the trucking industry moving too fast for the men and women who sit behind the wheel of big rigs? That was a concern voiced by a number of truck drivers attending a March 29 session at the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show. Read more...
29 Mar Gov. Ralph Northam’s I-81 Funding Fixes Eye Trucking Industry Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed fundraising tools for Interstate 81 improvements include the trucking industry shouldering a significant portion of the financial burden. Read more...
29 Mar China Touts Progress With US as Both Focus on a Final Deal Chinese and U.S. negotiators made “new progress” in trade negotiations as both sides discussed the wording of an agreement that’s designed to resolve a bilateral trade dispute, according to Xinhua, Beijing’s official news agency. Read more...
29 Mar New York City Congestion Pricing Hits Speed Bump Over Who Gets Exemptions New York lawmakers facing an April 1 deadline to approve a state budget have agreed to impose tolls upon motorists who enter midtown Manhattan, but they still must decide on politically fraught issues over who gets to be exempt. Read more...
29 Mar Raising Fuel Taxes No Longer a Laughing Matter, Stakeholders Find Since the start of the 116th Congress in January, the gas tax has been having a moment. At congressional hearings, keynote addresses and panel discussions inside the Beltway and around the country, a significant number of infrastructure proponents have called on transportation policymakers to raise the federal fuel tax. Read more...
29 Mar Relationships, Communication Key to Keeping Customers, MATS Panel Says LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Maintaining relationships and communication is key to being a carrier of choice for businesses, a panel of industry stakeholders told truckers at a seminar at the 48th Mid-America Trucking Show. Read more...
29 Mar UAW Says GM Dismissed Concessions Before Idling Cruze Plant in Ohio Three weeks after employees at the Lordstown General Motors Co. compact car plant assembled their last Chevrolet Cruze, employees are filing into the United Auto Workers Local 1112 hall to sign up for unemployment benefits and try to figure out if they should take a transfer to another GM plant or wait it out. Read more...
29 Mar DOT Submits Proposed Rule Change for HOS Regulations The Department of Transportation has sent its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reform hours-of-service regulations to the Office of Management and Budget. Read more...
29 Mar Western Global Adds Another Sales Division Western Global, a provider of portable tanks and dispensing equipment for the storage and transportation of fuels, lubricants and other fluid, announced that it has formed a new sales division to focus on rental and equipment customers. Read more...