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Journal

CSA touts improved Operation Safe Driver results, NPTC backs Unified Registration System, NBB backs EPA’s renewable fuels requirement and more industry news items are featured.

February 1, 2012

Operation Safe Driver was launched to improve the behavior of all drivers operating in an unsafe manner by, in or around commercial vehicles.

Journal

Hours-of-service final rule retains 11-hour driving limit, lawsuit seeks to block cross-border pilot program, truck-related fatalities up and other industry news items are featured.

January 4, 2012

Mexico agreed to remove regulatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural, consumer and other products after the cross-border pilot program began.

2012 Economic Outlook

With freight demand for 2012 unclear, carriers’ financial fates may rest on how they handle recruiting, rates and costs.

January 1, 2012

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Journal — Truck Gauge

Inventories hold steady, trucking jobs, truck loadings, For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index and more indicators in the trucking industry.

January 1, 2012

Journal

HOS rewrite now at OMB, legislation would clarify agricultural HOS exemption, drivers and carriers must retain medical data and other industry news items are featured.

December 1, 2011

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Upfront

FMCSA’s own study backs industry contention that current HOS rules are working.

December 1, 2011

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Upfront

Industry groups come together to promote increased size and weight measures.

November 1, 2011

The push for greater truck productivity has received more attention recently as a way to deal with driver availability and congestion.

Journal — Viewpoint

Industry response to a court decision to overturn the owner-operator ban as part of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program

November 1, 2011

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Journal — Truck Gauge

Future success calls for more than dependable transportation.

November 1, 2011

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Journal

Legislators ask Obama to withdraw hours rewrite, ATA and TCA seek increased productivity for trucks, NTTC says halt two rulemakings and other industry news items are featured.

November 1, 2011

Under the proposal, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering whether to reduce the daily driving limit from 11 hours to 10 hours.

Journal – Viewpoint

Industry response to a federal appeals court decision to vacate the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic onboard recorder regulation.

October 7, 2011

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Journal from the Bar

While the goal of identifying preventability is a noble one, one is led to question the ultimate cost or due process achieved under this methodology.

October 6, 2011

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