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Commercial motor vehicle inspectors have quietly gathered data on truck driver personal conveyance time and are making plans to soon ask regulators to limit the use of conveyance time to two hours. Collecting data during more than 41,000 roadside inspections, leaders at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance say they are […]

Speeding just got costlier in Connecticut! Fines now range from $200 to $500, and some cases could even require a mandatory court appearance. With safety being a top priority, these new measures aim to reduce accidents and protect all road users. Read the full article here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/damTUsuy

Across today’s trucking industry, there are more women earning a living driving a truck, working phone lines as a recruiter, guiding dispatch and back-office operations, and sitting in board rooms in executive roles than at any point in trucking history. The quest for equality in trucking – that is, when […]

Since 2002, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has collected and processed truck GPS data in support of the U.S. Department of Transportation Freight Mobility Initiative. Utilizing an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, ATRI develops and monitors a series of key performance measures on the nation’s freight transportation […]

The transportation sector is bracing for the possibility that a slew of new tariffs could soon hit some of its most critically important industries, according to experts. “If the Trump administration moves forward with proposed tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China, it would impact over 50% of U.S. imports by […]

The closure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March is set to increase the mid-Atlantic trucking industry’s operating costs by $92.8 million in 2025 and each year after while the key regional thoroughfare is rebuilt, according to researchers. A section of the Key Bridge collapsed March 26 after a […]

A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close. Over the weekend, at least 600 motorists were […]

WASHINGTON — The federal government has approved nearly $2 billion in assistance across six states to help people hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, the White House said Oct. 16. The federal government has been under intense pressure to show that it is getting help to areas devastated by […]