Jill DunnBusinessCalifornia eyeing tax on mileage to fund transportationCalifornia could become the third West Coast state to test the feasibility of replacing state fuel excise tax with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.June 12, 2014BusinessTruck registrations jump 8.3 percent in first quarterNew commercial vehicle registrations increased 8.3 percent for Class 3-8 vehicles in comparison to the same period last year.May 29, 2014BusinessFedEx now facing three lawsuits in truck-bus crash that left 10 deadA third lawsuit has been filed in the California collision between a FedEx truck and bus of high school students that left 10 dead.May 23, 2014BusinessSchneider Logistics agrees to $21M settlement in wage lawsuitSchneider Logistics Transloading and Distribution and Wal-Mart have agreed to pay $21 million to settle a wage-and-hour lawsuit brought by 1,800 Southern California warehouse workers.May 23, 2014BusinessMany U.S. regions report trucking upswing to Federal ReserveThe U.S. Federal Reserve reported trucking and the overall economy showed improvement throughout much of the nation since March.May 23, 2014BusinessEPA accepting diesel grant applications through June 17The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications from fleets through June 17 for a total of $9 million in funding for projects to reduce diesel pollution and emissions.May 19, 2014BusinessFleets hit with $2.2M in fines from CARB in 2013California’s Air Resources Board Diesel penalized truck and bus fleets a total of $2,177,813 last year for non-compliance with state diesel risk reduction programs.May 16, 2014BusinessFMCSA’s 13 Mexican cross-border participants well below agency’s expected 48Five months remain in the pilot cross-border trucking program with Mexico, which has continued to report few safety violations but low participation: Just 13 carriers have authority, compared to the nearly 50 FMCSA said it would need.May 14, 2014BusinessTrucking industry expects hiring hike, many think HOS won’t impact driver numbersIn a recent survey of transportation professionals, 79 percent expected growth in their total workforce, but 58 percent of respondents thought driver staffing levels would be unaffected by the current hours-of-service regulations.May 14, 2014BusinessCarriers serving Vancouver port sue over recent driver pay reformsPort Metro Vancouver trucking companies have filed a lawsuit against Canadian authorities, arguing recent federal rate increases that ended a recent truckers’ strike are unconstitutional.May 8, 2014Previous PagePage 19 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