Press Releases
Trucking Company Indicted for Breaking Driver Rules | Journal of Commerce
A federal prosecutor is charging a Pennsylvania trucking company with running a three-year scheme to avoid federal trucking driver hours of service regulations. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia charged D.A. Landis Trucking of Lancaster, Pa., and its owner, Dean A. Landis, with
Moving Freight Amidst Hours of Service (HOS) Hostility | Truck Load Boards | Truck Loads | Find
<p>Is there anyone in the trucking industry involved with<a href="../../../../../../../../../"target="_"blank"">moving freight</a>, either behind the wheel or behind the desk, who<em>likes</em>the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new HOS proposal? Aside from
FTR Says HOS Changes Make Truck Shortage 'Less Likely' | Journal of Commerce
Limited changes in truck driver hours of service regulations make a severe trucking capacity shortage “much less likely” in 2012, FTR Associates said Tuesday.
ATA Takes Driver Hours Battle to Budget Office | Journal of Commerce
The American Trucking Associations is taking its battle against proposed changes to truck driver work hours to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which is reviewing the Department of Transportation’s latest hours of service rule.
FMCSA Shuts Down Gunthers Transport | Journal of Commerce
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Maryland trucker Gunthers Transport to shut down, citing hours of service violations. Gunthers drivers exceeded the 11-hour daily driving limit and the carrier’s trucks were in such poor condition they were a high crash risk, the FMCSA
Transportation Bill Set to Debut Thursday | Journal of Commerce
A long-awaited transportation bill will make its debut Thursday at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee press conference.
Paving the Road for Transport Policy | Journal of Commerce
If Congress and the Obama administration are serious about fixing the United States’ aging surface transportation system, and move beyond repairs to true long-term investments, they will have to take a multimodal approach.
Surface Transport Bill Drafting in Progress | Journal of Commerce
Congressional staff on the House Transportation and Infrastructure is making progress drafting legislative language of what could become the panel’s six-year surface transportation bill, said Chairman John Mica, R-Fla.
Friends in Transport | Journal of Commerce
Once colleagues in Congress, Rep. John Mica and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood have the sort of genial rapport that contrasts sharply with what seemed to observers a chilly relationship between the DOT and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee under James L. Oberstar.
Senate Approves Transportation Extension | Journal of Commerce
The Senate quickly approved a measure that will extend surface transportation spending until the end of the fiscal year.
