Avery ViseBusinessFMCSA revamps supporting docs policyThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided not to require any motor carriers to retain certain documents related to drivers’ hours of service. The agency also will relieve carriers that use electronic mobile communications and tracking technology of the burden of maintaining numerous other supporting documents in order to verify driver logs. The new […]June 7, 2010BusinessTrucking jobs continue reboundWith strong gains in April and May, the trucking industry virtually has erased previous job losses for the year. According to preliminary figures released Friday, June 4, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the for-hire trucking industry added 2,000 jobs in May over April. Meanwhile, BLS revised its earlier estimate of […]June 4, 2010BusinessMarmon showcases commercial vehicle portfolioIt has been more than a dozen years since the last heavy-duty truck bearing the Marmon name rolled out of a factory, but the company that still shares its name is bigger and more integrated into the trucking industry than ever.  Marmon Highway Technologies last year hit the road to show its major customers the […]June 2, 2010BusinessObama orders heavy truck fuel economy standardsPresident Obama has signed a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to jointly issue the nation’s first fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards on new medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with model year 2014. The president directed that EPA and NHTSA […]May 21, 2010BusinessATRI finds truck safety improvements since 2004In an effort to answer questions over whether current hours-of-service regulations have hurt safety, the American Transportation Research Institute on Wednesday, May 19, released a report concluding that trucking safety has improved since 2004. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s first major rewrite of hours rules took effect on Jan. 4, 2004. ATRI’s analysis of […]May 20, 2010BusinessTrucking jobs up in April – relatively speakingTrucking companies added 1,000 jobs in April, but payroll employment for the industry was 3,200 lower than what the government reported last month for March. Preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the for-hire trucking industry added 1,000 jobs in April over March, but the latest figures […]May 7, 2010BusinessCarriers, suppliers seek changes in EOBR specsLeading suppliers of electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) technology and groups representing trucking companies, private fleets, bus operations and law enforcement agencies have asked for two changes in the performance specs that will be required for EOBRs in two years. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s final EOBR rule “includes two technical specifications that are unrealistic, […]May 7, 2010BusinessNavistar, EPA settle suits over SCRNavistar International Corp. said Tuesday, May 4, that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that settles lawsuits it had filed in March 2009 concerning the agency’s certification policies for diesel-powered trucks equipped with selective catalytic reduction. The agreement, reached Monday, May 3, calls for EPA to hold a public workshop […]May 4, 2010BusinessNavistar drops suit against CARB over SCRNavistar International Corp. said Thursday, April 22, that it had withdrawn a lawsuit it had lodged against the California Air Resources Board following an agreement with the state agency to address issues raised in the litigation. The truck and engine maker had asked the San Francisco Superior Court to rule that CARB was improperly certifying […]April 24, 2010BusinessCourt: California can regulate reefer unitsCalifornia may continue enforcing its restrictions on transportation refrigerated units as a result of a ruling Friday, April 2, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court rejected a challenge by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency action allowing the […]April 5, 2010Previous PagePage 20 of 85Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist