Perspective: Mission Impossible for New CSA Changes?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is readying changes to the Compliance Safety Accountability Safety Measurement System after a long, fierce debate over its ability to accurately identify unsafe carriers. Along the way, even the Government Accountability Office and Congress got involved. The changes include simplification of the severity weights ...more
Road to NTDC Spotlight: Roland Bolduc, Part 3
Roland Bolduc holds the sleeper berth trophy, which was presented to him by Motor Transport Association of Connecticut President John ...more
June Class 8 Orders Continue Rebound
Freightliner trucks on the assembly line. June's overall volume marked the second consecutive year-over-year increase in Class 8 orders with ...more
West Coast Swapping Diesel for Biofuels
Harvesting a soybean crop. Biofuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have become alternatives to diesel and are helping meet emission requirements ...more
FMCSA Leasing Task Force Begins Work
The task force's goal is to make sure that truck leasing agreements are not trapping drivers in predatory situations. Transportation ...more
Hawaii Ahead of the Pack in Contracting for EV Fast Chargers
A Tritium DCFC and Hawaii Department of Transportation fast charger. (Tritium DCFC Limited) Hawaii says it is the first out ...more
VIDEO: Truckers team up against Altima driver playing games
A passing truck driver notices a fellow trucker’s trouble with a four wheeler and lends a hand in this satisfying ...more
Iowa DOT issues reminder about scale house parking for truckers
On Monday, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) reminded truckers that they are “not only ...more
Big rig hits three parked police vehicles on I-44, leaving three officers injured
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) is investigating a weekend crash that left two state ...more
Texas interstate closed for fatal tanker crash
Transportation officials in Texas closed both directions of I-14 on Monday morning for a multi-vehicle ...more
Gas station chain Kum & Go and tanker carrier sold to Maverik
Iowa-based convenience store chain Kum & Go will be sold to a Utah-based company for ...more
Poles impale semi’s windshield in Florida
Police in Tampa, Florida, are responding to a Friday morning incident that left the cab ...more
Colorado police ask for dash cam after rock-throwing spree shatters 4 windshields, kills woman
Police in Colorado are asking for public assistance with a homicide investigation that claimed the ...more
Truck driver fatally struck by car that drove up then off trailer, Texas police say
A truck driver was killed in Harris County, Texas, on Thursday in a crash involving ...more
Florida troopers inspected 550 trucks in one day as part of nationwide surprise brake blitz
This week, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) inspected hundreds of trucks in a single day ...more
Business Equipment Orders Increase Again in May
A worker operates a forklift to carry boxes through the warehouse of the Black & ...more
Carney Meets With Automakers as Canada’s Factories Show Strain
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with the leadership of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association ...more
Colorado troopers share video of stolen cop cruiser colliding with parked semi
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) released body cam and dash cam video that features a ...more
A Chicago man is facing charges in connection with a major cargo theft incident, according ...more
VIDEO: Wrong way semi flees Texas police at 85 MPH
An official with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared stunning video of a ...more
Tariffs Split Fed Officials on Rate-Cut Outlook
The minutes underscored how a rapidly evolving economic-policy backdrop has complicated the Fed’s policy calculus ...more
Amazon Fleet Electrification Sees 5,000 Rivian Vans on Roads
Amazon expects to have 100,000 electric delivery vehicles by 2030, part of its commitment to ...more
A truck driver lost his life on Thursday in a crash caused by a load ...more