The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t sure when autonomous commercial trucks are coming, but its researchers are busily preparing for widespread use of the technology – including the potential impact on the workforce, the new acting administrator said....
A Department of Labor rule clarifying the definition of independent contractor and a pilot program to study younger truck drivers are among the “midnight regulations”, trucking rules, that may not take effect after President-Elect Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20. It’s...
DOT Issues Emergency Declaration for Commercial Vehicles Delivering Coronavirus Relief In a historic first, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle...
Don’t expect any radical new regulatory developments to come out of nowhere in the coming months to slap trucking upside the head. Photo: U.S. Department of Transportation On the regulatory front – no matter which party controls the White House – progress always comes...
California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont joined with the District of Columbia to sign a statement of intent today to develop an action plan to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission trucks and buses. The...
