Flipping the e-log switch
Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s late 2015 release of its final rule for using electronic logging devices, there’s been a rising swell of ELD development. Customers can choose …
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Trucking Executives Discuss How Millennials Are Shifting Industry’s Workforce Dynamics
This story appears in the April 3 print edition of Transport Topics. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As baby boomers retire, more companies are hiring millennials to be truck drivers, presenting new …
More ELD questions answered by Wes Memphis
Owner-operator Scott Reed, whom regular readers will recall I wrote about on the occasion of Reed and others’ meeting with Ohio rep Jim Jordan last month, had a few questions …
DOT sends $10 million for emergency repairs to collapsed I-85 overpass
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued $10 million in emergency funds to the state of Georgia to help initiate repairs on the section of Interstate 85 that collapsed Thursday …
Trump ‘gravitated toward’ truckers in meeting; no mention of hours, ELDs
President Trump’s discussion with trucking industry representatives early afternoon Thursday, March 23, was narrow in focus, says a fleet executive who attended, with talk centering almost exclusively on healthcare reform. …