One common trend in the trucking industry is that if there is a new regulation that will stymie the trucking industry, a lawsuit is all but certain to follow. This is what has become the case with the Louisiana Motor Transport Association (LMTA), which is suing the United States Department of Labor (DOL) for its […]
Iowa 80 Group, owners of the World’s Largest Truckstop and its neighbor, the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, is adding another building into the fold with a new warehouse spanning 251,000 square feet.DetailsThe Iowa 80 Group says that 177,180 square feet of the warehouse will be used as their own distribution headquarters for their trucking accessories […]
Avid readers may remember when we talked about the average cost per mile of operating a truck according to American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) data from 2023. In the article, we mentioned how your mileage may vary (literally):“Of course, as with all averages, one size does not fit all. Truckers who work primarily in California […]
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. That is what is happening right now with the case of Julie Su, and how she is once again going through the nomination process to become the Secretary of Labor.DetailsThe previous attempt to nominate her did not go through as it was met with a lack […]
What may be the single largest trucking event (either that or the Walcott Truckers Jamboree) is just around the corner yet again: the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) for 2024 is all set to go in Louisville, Kentucky, and it is hoping to be the biggest one yet.Details“MATS is the one event on the industry calendar […]
Not too long ago, we wrote about Washington state implementing a limit to idling for heavy-duty trucks, saying “The Evergreen State is giving California a run for its money with a new bill being debated in its state Senate.” We would like to now issue a retraction, as California is among many states that already […]
Oftentimes when people think of computer hackers, they think of what is known as the “brute force” method: having hundreds of computers trying every possible combination of characters within the parameter limits of a password until one of them gives way to access into the account. While it makes for good cinema, it is not […]
While not quite up to California’s level of regulation, Washington is still pretty high up there when it comes to regulating the trucking industry. The Evergreen State is giving California a run for its money with a new bill being debated in its state Senate. Senate Bill 6304 would fine a truck driver $300 to […]
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has once again done some data collecting to determine where truckers might want to avoid if they want to get to any destination quickly.MethodologyThe methodology used to find their data is similar to what it was in 2023.Assume the optimal speed for a truck at each bottleneck is 55 […]
ISEE, a technology company researching automatic driving for commercial vehicles, has announced that it is working with an unnamed Fortune 100 customer in Texas and has a fully autonomous truck yard operating. What are the implications?DetailsWith 1.7 million square feet and 750 different trucking bays, the facility is able to buzz with work day or […]
Truckers traveling through the Keystone State may want to take caution and plan ahead, as PennDOT is closing approximately 500 miles of road due to safety concerns resulting from nasty weather.Tiers Causing TearsPennDOT has a system it uses to determine how closed roads are due to freezing temperatures, rating closures on a scale of one […]
In the distant past of February 2019, back when a “corona” was little more than a beer brand in most people’s minds, a company named Stoneridge had its technology approved by the FMCSA for five years. The company had developed a system of cameras called MirrorEye that were intended not just as a replacement for […]
You have probably heard the jokes before about hidden fees. The resort fee, the paper-reduction fee, the convenience fee, the fee management fee. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published in the Federal Register some plans in order to mitigate them. When it comes to fees for towing commercial trucks, the United States Department of […]
What do you do when you need $2.1 billion in funding for a bridge, but will only receive $1.2 billion from state and federal funding sources? You apply a toll to the bridge, in hopes that in time it will eventually recoup the remaining costs. That is the plan that the state of Louisiana is […]
Oregon, in its state constitution, says that to fund road repair, the state has the power to tax vehicles based fairly and proportionally on how much damage each one slowly but surely chips away at the road’s health, namely, the weight of the vehicle. For passenger vehicles, this is limited to a fuel tax, while […]
