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Responding to a request from statehouse leaders, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has provided a list of the locations
Last month, he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched a new, simplified, online registration process that truck and bus
Truck-driver teams are emerging as the shipping heroes of the holidays, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
For his entire career in truck driving, Bryan Spoon has tried to move toward being his own boss. A third-generation
The year began with the city of Long Beach in the middle of what was shaping up to be a
President Obama was expected to sign a highway bill approved by Congress late last week, marking the end of years


FMCSA official says feds want more women truckers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Daphne Jefferson says her agency wants to see more women to


Teamsters speak out against longer trailers
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and a collection of lawmakers and truck safety advocates are speaking out against


Trucking industry pushes for automatic emergency braking on all new vehicles
For years the auto industry fought the mandating of various safety technologies. Airbags, for example, were opposed by most


Startups accelerate efforts to reinvent trucking industry
Investors are pouring millions of dollars into startups hoping to disrupt the $700 billion trucking industry, the latest example


U.S. Postal Service opts for RAM cargo vans
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently announced it will supply the U.S. Postal Service with more than 9,000 Ram ProMaster cargo


Trucking industry bracing for a downturn
Private trucking and logistics executives say that spot-market demand has turned soft this month and that the contractual rate


Repair Work Continues in South Carolina Following Flood
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Life has started to return to normal in areas of South Carolina inundated by massive floods


Driver shortage will continue to rise, says ATA
The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 drivers in the next decade to replace retirees and meet rising
Increase in Trucking Interstate Weight Limits Debated
With both sides of the debate over heavier trucks readying for battle via the markup of the next federal


Are women the answer to trucker shortage?
Female truckers are sliding into long-haul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving


ATA urges Congress to provide truck driver hair testing option
In an August 24 letter, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves asked Congress to move forward with


Experts predicting tech will cost trucking jobs
The revolution in self-driving vehicles could see as many as 8.7 million Americans lose their jobs in the trucking







