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The Department of Labor plans to expand Pell Grant eligibility to some shorter workforce training programs, a move the American Trucking Associations said will help strengthen commercial driver training schools and diesel technician training programs.
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To get drivers on-board with certain technologies, fleets must properly train the coaches as well as the drivers on how the technology works and why it’s being used.
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The novel coronavirus and its spread throughout the globe have shined a bright light on the importance of a strong and healthy immune system, as well as on the crucial role truck drivers play in our logistics system.
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Roehl Transport’s newly created Relaunch program will add 300 truck driving jobs for commercial driver’s license holders who left trucking for other employment.
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As trucking moves to wide-scale adoption of alternative fuels, it's becoming clear that we will need a little bit of everything to keep our wheels turning as greenly as possible. Deborah Lockridge and Jim Park explore the pros and cons of today's most promising alternatives to diesel: battery electric, fuel-cell electric and renewable natural gas.
Read More →Penske Truck Leasing has had an electric truck trial and evaluation project underway in southern California since 2017. They are trying to understand everything that would go right and everything that could go wrong with integrating several classes of electric trucks into a traditional fleet environment. Penske's head of fleet procurement and planning, Paul Rosa, shares his experience, so far.
Read More →If you think diesel is dead, or even on its last legs, you may come away with a completely different point of view after listing to this episode. Allen Schaeffer is the head of the Diesel Technology Forum, and one of diesel's greatest proponents. He explains why diesel engines aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
Read More →Renewable natural gas is methane gas produced by decomposing organic matter from sources like landfills, dairy farms, and wastewater treatment plants. It can be economically collected and used to power trucks. Hugh Donnell of natural-gas engine maker, Cummins Westport, describes the challenges and benefits of wider RNG adoption as a truck fuel.
Read More →The National Transportation Safety Board doesn't investigate every truck crash but digs deep into some for insight that could help prevent future crashes of a similar nature. Robert Molloy, the director of NTSB's Office of Highway Safety explains why it investigates certain crashes and shares some of the conclusions drawn from two specific truck accidents.
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It’s a natural instinct for driver trainers to teach according to their preferred learning style, but not everyone learns in the same way.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pilot program to allow 18- to 20-year-old service members with heavy-vehicle driver training to operate commercial motor vehicles might expand the allowed classifications.
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