Jill DunnBusinessDOT advised to tackle problems with technology in strategic freight, traffic mitigation planA Department of Transportation committee has advised using technology to address certain trucking issues among its 81 recommendations for developing a National Freight Strategic Plan.July 18, 2014BusinessNHTSA begins work on underride guard ruleThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will begin rulemaking to consider improving standards for rear impact or underride guards on trailers, semitrailers and single-unit trucks.July 15, 2014BusinessDriver strike continues at California portsAn indefinite strike by some truckers at three Los Angeles area drayage companies entered its fourth day July 10 with little fanfare. Justice for Port Truck Drivers kicked off an unfair labor practices protest against Green Fleet Systems, Total Transportation Services and Pacific 9 Transportation July 7.July 10, 2014BusinessL.A. port truckers begin indefinite strikeThe Port of Los Angeles has reported no cargo traffic disruptions during the first day of an indefinite truckers strike over wages and working conditions at three area drayage companies.July 8, 2014BusinessTruck tax increase out, Senate eyes other highway funding patchesA plan to keep federal highway funding solvent through December no longer includes a hike in the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax hike, but has been amended to increase the fuel tax.June 27, 2014BusinessFormer FMCSA boss backs Senate suspension of 2013 restart changesFormer FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg says the restart changes were implemented without sufficient analysis of truck traffic increasing at the same time motorists and school children begin their commute.June 26, 2014BusinessLabor board to hear renewed union complaint against SoCal drayage companyThe National Labor Relations Board will hear arguments Aug. 25 from a California trucking company and the Teamsters union after vacating their informal agreement regarding union activity.June 23, 2014BusinessDriver shortage still key industry concern, says annual logistics reportHours-of-service changes and an increase in trucking company bankruptcies have exacerbated the trucker shortage, and significant capacity issues exist, while freight shipments rose 13 percent during the first five months of 2014, said the 25th annual State of Logistics Report.June 18, 2014BusinessFlorida transpo bill would expand tolling, allow weight exemption for anti-idle techFlorida Gov. Rick Scott is expected to sign legislation that would allow tolling for highway expansion and a 550-pound exemption for trucks with idle reduction technology.June 18, 2014Business14th Mexican carrier joins FMCSA pilot program, agency investigating another for violationsA 14th Mexican carrier has received authority through the U.S. cross-border trucking pilot program, while the first company admitted to the program is investigated for possible violations.June 13, 2014Previous PagePage 18 of 32Next 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