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The Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) concluded its first week of hearings examining the detrimental impact of the Driver Inc. scheme on the trucking industry. Over two days, 10…
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says due to lower fuel prices, the trucking industry’s operational costs declined in 2015. And, for the first time, driver costs represent a higher…
Labour Costs Surpass Fuel Costs, says ATRI Read more...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to allow the voluntary mounting of certain devices on the interior of…
FMCSA Final Rule Allows Windshield Mounted Technology Read more...
From July 2015 to July 2016, the value of U.S.-Canada freight flows fell 10.7% to $42.4 billion as all modes of transportation carried a lower value of U.S.-Canada freight than…
U.S.-Canada Freight Falls By Double Digits Read more...
The U.S. Department of Transportation this week release a Federal Automated Vehicles Policy document, which outlines the government’s regulatory blueprint for regulating autonomous vehicles and infrastructure planning going forward. The…
ATA Questions DOT Federal Autonomous Vehicle Policy Read more...
Drones, self-driving trucks, so-called “Uber” freight, the “internet of things” are among the emerging factors vying to reshape the North American trucking landscape, according to Steve Sashihara, CEO of the…
FTR Conference: Trucking Drives Toward the Future Read more...
Trucking HR Canada’s Women with Drive initiative, will host Driver Connect & Share – a networking industry event targeted at truck drivers. The event will be held on Saturday, November…
Trucking HR Canada Calling Female Truck Drivers Read more...
Pricing pressure in the truckload and intermodal sectors was the theme for 2016 and carriers are not expected to see any relief until 2017, according to Stifel Capital Markets As…
Analyst: Rates Won’t Rebound Until Mid ‘17 Read more...
Another step has been completed in a proposed rulemaking that would allow commercial vehicle drivers with controlled insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce without…
FMCSA Seeks Comment on Medical Review Report for Proposed Diabetes Rule Read more...
Budget 2016 removed the generation of electricity exemption for diesel fuel used in or by a vehicle, including a conveyance attached to the vehicle, of any mode of transportation. This…
CRA Memo on Federal Excise Tax Read more...
