Federal, News
FMCSA denies company’s exemption for under-21 pilot program
FMCSA has denied a trucking company’s request to let it use under-21 permit holders for the agency’s apprenticeship pilot program.
Listen Now
Podcast: Will the free market solve truck parking?
Tyson Fisher brings us an update on the truck parking crisis, including plans for tens of thousands of paid truck parking spaces nationwide.
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News, State, Tolls
Mobile River Bridge project abandons truck-only toll
The controversial Mobile River Truck Bridge will be the Mobile River Bridge now that the Alabama DOT is backing a plan that tolls everyone.
News, OOIDA
The OOIDA tour trailer pulls into El Paso, Texas
Marty Ellis and the OOIDA tour trailer next stop at the El Paso, Texas, Petro, which has special significance to truck driving history.
News, State
Indiana looks at ticket cameras, reckless driving, cable barriers
Road safety efforts at the Indiana statehouse target ticket cameras along certain stretches of roadway, excessive speeding, and cable barriers.
Fuel prices, News
Higher production, lower diesel prices forecasted by EIA
Declining diesel prices and record oil production are predicted in the latest Energy Information Administration’s short-term energy outlook.
Business, News
Missouri-based Christenson Transportation acquires Tennessee carrier Sharp
Christenson Transportation, based in Stafford, Mo., has bought Ethridge, Tenn.-based
Sharp Transport Inc.
Opinion
Don’t be an idiot – merge and let merge
Sometimes when traffic backs up you feel justified in not letting some driver merge, but ask yourself: do you want to be “that” jerk?
News, State
California governor proposes fuel tax freeze
The California governor’s proposed budget includes a plan to freeze the state’s fuel tax rates for at least the next year.
Crime & Courts, News
Driver in fatal I-70 Denver crash had mountain experience
A video has surfaced in which Rogel Aguilera-Mederos says he had mountain experience before the crash that got him 110 years in prison.
News, State, Truck Parking
FDOT hosting I-4 corridor truck parking public meeting on Jan. 26
Florida plans to build a truck parking facility along the I-4 corridor, and truckers have a chance to tell officials where to put it.
Equipment
Paccar recalling trucks with methane detection issue
Paccar is recalling more than 1,000 Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks that may have an issue with the methane detection system.
