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Eight renewable natural gas trucks are hauling freight for Graphic Packaging, part of Paper Transport’s growing mix of alternative-fuel transportation options that also includes a Tesla Semi pilot.
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The Department of Transportation still does not know exactly how it is going to get agreement on driver hours-of-service reform. A negotiated rulemaking is not likely, said Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety chief Julie Cirillo in an interview with RoadStar. But some sort of negotiation is needed to keep all the stakeholders involved: "We are trying to figure out how we are going to engage the community in the process.
Read More →Rep. Frank Wolf is going to withhold funding for the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety until he sees significant reforms in the federal truck safety program
Read More →Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's conservative approach to fixing problems of truck safety — leaving truck safety oversight where it is — drew a sharp reaction from Capitol Hill
Read More →Norman Mineta has added a new wrinkle to the debate over truck safety. The former congressman yesterday proposed yet another solution to the federal government's performance problem: Give safety and highways equal status in the same office in the Department of Transportation
Read More →Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is committing the Department of Transportation to an ambitious safety action plan, with the objective of reducing truck-related highway fatalities by 50% over the next 10 years
Read More →Truck drivers would get a bigger tax break for the meals they eat on the road, under new legislation proposed on Capitol Hill
Read More →A bill that would revise the definition of an independent contractor is worrisome to employers and owner-operators alike
Read More →There's a move in Congress to reform truck taxes by replacing three separate levies with a weight-mile tax
Read More →The Federal Highway Administration has announced its intention to exempt another 33 truck drivers from federal vision requirements
Read More →An attempt to negotiate reforms to the truck driver hours-of-service rules appears to have failed
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