The start of a new presidential term has led to many talks of tariffs, but it did not do much to stymie the flow of goods during the first month of 2025, as ports across the nation reported record levels of shipments. Details January is, relatively speaking, a slow month for port activity. With the […]
Anyone who has spent an hour in Manhattan knows that it is crowded, which is part of the reason why the state of New York introduced congestion pricing to the lower part of the island. The Trump Administration is fighting back, rescinding previous approval from the prior administration and promising to see the other party in court.
Traffic can often be seen as a necessary evil, as collisions are negatively correlated with the number of vehicles on the road. Sometimes, however, traffic jams can go too far, and that is what the American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI) tracks every year to find the biggest bottlenecks plaguing the trucking industry.MethodologyThe methodology follows that […]
Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has submitted waivers to pull back California’s approval for the Advanced Clean Truck and Omnibus NOx regulations that were established under the Biden Administration. How does submitting waivers to Congress actually stop those regulations rather than hurt it? Well, it is complicated.DetailsWe have covered both of […]
A hurricane hits North Carolina. A wildfire spreads through southern California. Now that the damage is done, it is time for recovery, something with which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is all too familiar. To decrease support times in future emergencies that will invariably happen, FEMA is opening itself up to contracts to trucking […]
It is said that what goes for California eventually goes for the nation, and that seems to be the case with the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which required the ramping up of production and sales of zero-emission vehicles. Now that CARB has walked back its rule, other states are following […]
Tariffs to Mexico and Canada are planning to go into effect on February 4th, 2025, the same day this article is published. With an increased cost in imports from the two neighboring countries, U.S. manufacturers are watching and planning their next moves.DetailsWhen it comes to the trucking industry, the biggest imports the United States of […]
When Joe Biden was in office, there was a set rule for fuel economy standards within the United States: the average of all 2031 models for cars must be or exceed 50.4 miles per gallon. Now that there is a new administration, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has decided to axe that. Details The […]
