(United Soybean Board) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel while awarding $25 million to 59 biodiesel and ethanol infrastructure projects across the country. “By expanding the availability of homegrown biofuels, we are strengthening our energy independence, creating new market opportunities ...more
(TEC Equipment) Used Class 8 truck sales in May decreased 4.9% year-over-year to 19,300 units from 20,300, ACT Research reported. The average retail sale price for a used truck fell 30.9% to $68,411 from $99,054 a year ago, and declined 3.4% month-over-month from $70,811 in April. On a month-to-month basis, sales grew 9.7% from 17,600 ...more
The FAA's acting administrator Polly Trottenberg is one of multiple interim leaders at transportation safety agencies. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) Three of the major U.S. transportation safety agencies are without permanent leaders as the nation contends with toxic railway spills, near-collisions on runways and surging traffic deaths. The Federal Aviation Administration is on its second acting ...more
Funding is meant to facilitate the voluntary replacement or installation of retrofits on existing heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines. (CHUYN/Getty Images) Legislation that would reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through fiscal 2029 was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is the bill’s ...more
Federal transportation authorities are currently at work on new technologies that will make it possible to conduct roadside inspections while the commercial vehicle is in motion without any direct contact with an inspector. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is currently developing and implementing the “Level VIII Inspection Program Operational Test,” the agency said ...more
On Tuesday, Yellow Corporation announced a lawsuit has been filed against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), alleging that IBT is blocking the company’s attempts to modernize in order to stay in business. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas accuses the Teamsters of breaching their contracts and causing more ...more
A truck driver lost his life on Wednesday morning in a workplace accident in San Antonio, Texas. The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. at a building supply company located on E. Nakoma Street, according to Kens5.San Antonio police say that the truck driver was unloading slabs of marble when the load fell on top ...more
Five more people have been charged for the death of 53 migrants in a hot trailer, just as the one year anniversary passes. The indictment was filed on June 7th and was unsealed Tuesday, June 27th, the one year anniversary of the tragic incident. According to KSAT News, federal prosecutors allege that 30-year-old Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 28-year-old ...more
A pickup truck driver couldn’t bear to wait for an appropriate time to pass a semi truck in this dash cam video. In the clip, a pickup truck suddenly appears from behind the filming semi truck and passes it on a dark curve. The pickup avoids a collision with an oncoming car by mere inches, ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) shared a list of tips to help commercial vehicle drivers anticipate and react to the behavior of other drivers on the road to avoid crashes. As part of the CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Program, officials prepared a list of defensive driving tips specifically for commercial vehicle drivers in order ...more
