The budget porridge on one end of the Capitol was too hot, and the porridge on the other end was too cold. So this Goldilocks Congress, rather than working to find a Transportation Department appropriation that was just right, has busted up the furniture and skipped away back home for the summer break.
Spot market rates in all three segments reached all-time highs in June, and though the per-mile rates fell slightly in July, they’re still stronger then the same month in 2012. According to data released this week by Internet Truckstop, dry van and reefer rates fell month over month while flatbed saw no change from June. […]
The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration reported the price of on-highway diesel for the 1,000th time in May of this year, offering as a good a time as any to look back at the history of diesel prices and assess how things have changed over the past 1,000 weeks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a rule to eliminate the requirement that drivers file a Driver Vehicle Inspection Report for pre- and post-trip inspections if no defects or deficiencies are found. The agency says the rule could save the trucking industry $1.7 billion a year in paperwork costs.
A federal court Aug. 2 Â upheld all of the current hours-of-service rule, except the 30-minute break requirement for short-haul drivers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled to eliminate the break mandate, but only for short-haul drivers.
Volume 7, Issue 8 In this issue: The Fight With Hazardous 1 Conditions Driving to Beat the Heat 2 August Puzzle 4
A research team from Georgia Tech compared medium-duty electric and diesel urban delivery trucks for a range of scenarios and discovered the total costs of ownership were very similar – but the cost-competitiveness of the electric truck drops in drive cycles with higher average speed.
For fleets, the major challenge is navigating the complex and often contradictory morass of state and federal regulations that seek to define and determine the employment status of the lessee or driver in such programs.
The recession was tough on owner-operators. Add to that increasing regulations and more expensive equipment, and it’s no wonder some in the industry are saying the owner-operator is dead. However, I spent the first eight years of my career writing for a magazine for owner-operators, and I believe owner-operators are more resilient than that. Yes, […]
