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PRESS RELEASE: National Independent Truckers Insurance Company, RRG Unveils Innovative Commercial Truck Insurance Calculator
Getting a Commercial Truck Insurance Quote Becomes Easier: NITIC Launches User-Friendly Online Quote Calculator Linden, New Jersey – National Independent
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Cities, states to lose big if highway fund disappears
If the nation’s Highway Trust Fund goes belly up this summer most states and dozens of metropolitan areas will

EPA announces grant funds for clean diesel projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of $9 million in grant funding for clean diesel

CARB gets pushback on compliance extension
When the California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently decided to give smaller truck fleets more time to comply with

U.S. DOT unveils four-year surface transportation bill
The U.S. Department of Transportation has sent a four-year surface transportation reauthorization bill to Congress that would pump $302

ATRI report refutes FMCSA study on HOS
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released the findings of its independent evaluation of FMCSA’s HOS study and

OOIDA seeks delay in medical examination requirement
Facing a May 21 deadline, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

NTSB calls for additional safety measures
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for safety changes in tractor-trailer design and mandating rear cameras in

Transportation funding not a priority in election year, says LaHood
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, now a senior policy advisor at a law firm, says he doesn’t

FMCSA addresses testing, medical examiners
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Anne Ferro and four members of her staff attended the recent Mid-America

TCA chairman tells delegates trucking ‘not simple anymore’
Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Chairman Tom B. Kretsinger told delegates at the organization’s recent annual convention that trucking is

California looks to trucking to aid salmon migration
California wildlife agencies are turning to trucks to move some 30 million young Chinook salmon hundreds of miles to

U.S. DOT proposes electronic recorders for truck drivers
The U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced a proposal that would require interstate commercial truck