TopMark Funding’s Yearly Roundup 2025
Another year has come and gone, and with it a whole plethora of trucking news as the industry deals with the transition into a new presidential administration. Here is the biggest article from each month to highlight how the sentiment in the trucking industry was at that period.
January
FMCSA Removes Six More ELDs From List
Right before the transition to the 47th president, the Biden Administration’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had one last thing to do: it revoked six Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) and notified drivers of needing to make the change. This is a major change from how it used to be: truckers would need to keep a watchful eye on the list of allowable ELDs to make sure they were in compliance. The new administration is hoping to go one step further in making certification more difficult so drivers can feel confident in their purchasing decisions.
February
Federal Government Fights New York on Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing is one of those ideas that sounds great if you have the coin to spend, but when it applies to truckers making deliveries to the Big Apple, all of its citizenry suffers in one way or another. That is why the federal government decided to take New York City to court, a battle that is still raging on today, with a planned hearing on January 28th, 2026.
March
International Roadcheck 2025 Starts May 13th
A well-kept truck is a safe truck, and a safe truck is a profitable truck. This is why readers flocked to hear about the International Roadcheck and what the specific category of the year was (it was tires).
We did a followup article in October about their found results for the International Roadcheck this year, if that interests you.
April
American Trucking Associations Calls on Congress to Oppose CARB
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) finds itself under scrutiny that is as intense and strict as its own goals, and to that end they find themselves in opposition to a variety of different entities, including the American Trucking Associations. We also proposed in that article a solution wherein CARB could ban old engine years slowly but surely to raise the average efficiency on the road.
May
FMCSA to Implement Two-Step Test in English Proficiency
They say hindsight is 20/20, so looking back and seeing the start of the English proficiency saga, which eventually led to a massive battle between state and federal government threatening to withhold money to the tune of a quarter-billion dollars (and climbing!) is an interesting sight to see in retrospect.
June
CVSA to Join FMCSA in English Enforcement
While the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has no government authority, it is still a heavy hitter in the trucking industry, often working with law enforcement so that its actions like the International Roadcheck has some weight behind it. As such, it is hardly a surprise that the CVSA would team up with the FMCSA to help manage English proficiency on the road.
July
Speed Limiter Regulation Officially Iced for Four Years Minimum
The debate on speed limiters was officially shelved until at least 2029 as of July 2025, when the Department of Transportation of the Trump Administration formally announced they were no longer going to pursue it. A change in political party come 2029 or beyond may tip the scales in the other direction, however.
August
EPA to Roll Back Diesel Exhaust Fluid Regulations
Trucks from 2010 and newer have technology that causes the engine to run more efficiently but at the cost of power should the amount of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) run low. Lee Zeldin of the Environmental Protection Agency put a damper on it, saying that technology updates at repair shops to turn this limiter off were now allowable.
September
Trump Administration Vs. Trucking Regulations
When it comes to regulations, not just in the trucking industry but across the entire government, Trump’s second term established a new rule of 10 regulations cut for every new one added, a massive increase from the 2-to-1 ratio he implemented in his first term. Topics covered include speed limiters and those annoying railroad crossings when there is not a train around for miles.
October
FMCSA Revokes Five More ELDs
October’s most popular article was about more ELDs being removed. Not much more to say here.
November
DOT Secretary Expands English Enforcement
2025 was rife with stories of road tragedies caused by drivers with limited knowledge of the English language, and to that end the Department of Transportation went hard on enforcing proficiency as the year progressed, even further than the original plan in May. In November, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that even the act of willingly contracting with a driver limited in the English could have consequences as a result of abetting and enabling them.
December
FMCSA Removes 3,000 CDL Training Providers from Registry
With the Trump Administration initially being set on taking a hacksaw to government regulations, they did a bit of a pivot later in the year as they started implementing and enforcing regulations in the name of safety. One such example is revoking provider status of various training agencies that the FMCSA found were not up to the standards the FMCSA desired. The likely result? Fewer drivers on the road who are more responsible and better paid for their excellence.
Conclusion
That marks the end of 2025, and the first quarter of the 21st century. See you all in 2026 for more news on the trucking industry and how to finance the expansion of your fleet.
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