14 May FMCSA Publishes Final HOS Rule, Granting Flexibility to Drivers The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published its long-awaited final rule on changes to hours-of-service regulations in a move intended to increase flexibility for truck drivers. Read more...
14 May UPS Adds Indiana Airport to Cargo Network The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority on May 13 approved a long-term lease and easement access agreement with UPS Inc. that will allow the company to begin express air shipment operations later this year. Read more...
14 May Police Visit Tesla Plant, Underscoring Confusion on Lockdown Loosening Police visited Tesla Inc.’s sole U.S. car plant May 13 to assess whether the electric car maker was adhering to safety protocols agreed to with the county that Elon Musk publicly said he would defy earlier in the week. Read more...
14 May Emergency Relief Legislation Shifts Focus From Funding Bills Debates on COVID-19-related economic measures, which dominate the agenda on Capitol Hill, are overshadowing must-pass legislation that would keep the government funded through fiscal 2021. Read more...
14 May Eric Parker, ATA Vice President of Membership Sales, Dies at 50 Eric Scott Parker, who grew up in a trucking family and spent his professional career in the industry, died suddenly on May 11. He was 50. Read more...
14 May 36 Million Have Sought US Unemployment Aid Since Virus Hit Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral outbreak led more companies to slash jobs even though most states have begun to let some businesses reopen under certain restrictions. Read more...
13 May Small Settlements’ Impact Tops ATRI’s Research Priorities List The American Transportation Research Institute’s recently announced list of research priorities for 2020 includes several key trucking industry issues, ranging from legal settlements to vehicle-miles-traveled taxes. Read more...
13 May Stocks Slide on Powell Remarks, US-China Worries U.S. stocks slumped to a three-week low after Jerome Powell warned economic risks from the virus are significant and tensions with China flared. Treasuries and the dollar advanced. Read more...
13 May Oil Shrugs Off First Decline in US Inventories Since January Oil fell despite the first U.S. stockpile decline since January. Read more...
13 May Illinois Directs $25 Million to Speed Grants for Infrastructure Illinois Gov. Jay “J.B.” Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity recently announced that $25 million in grant funding will be used to accelerate work on planned infrastructure projects. Read more...