This isn’t the first time that the Trucking Alliance has made a push for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to introduce hair testing to the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

FleetOps, a Toronto-based capacity aggregation and freight matching software provider, analyzed data from electronic logging devices (ELDs) and came up with some surprising conclusions.

Growing concern about work-life balance has left many choosing to put their personal lives over work after the Covid-19 pandemic derailed the lives of so many - particularly the newer generations of workers.

In every state except Hawaii, men and women ages 18+ are eligible to obtain an intrastate commercial driver’s license to operate big rigs within state lines.

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Daniel B. Maffei paid the Port of New York a visit after growing congestion at the terminal forced port officials to announce a new “container imbalance fee” for ocean carriers.

Truckers have two main priorities according to a recent data release by PDA (People Focused, Data Driven): better equipment and increased compensation.

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary has spearheaded a new federal grant program meant to encourage veterans into the trucking field.

If engineers and train crews strike against the U.S. railroads, truckers have a good reason to be concerned.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to proceed with an environmental assessment and long-delayed public hearings for the toll, meant to be issued to those driving through highly-congested areas of the city.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), has forced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to develop an apprenticeship driver pilot program.

Transportation and logistics workers are critical to the supply chain running smoothly, and they will use that to their advantage in order to get what they want and need.

Memphis Animal Services in Memphis, Tennessee has launched a program meant to pair dogs with truckers looking for a companion on the road.

The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, HR2187, has officially cleared the full House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Urine drug tests have resulted in positive rates of increasing a relative 25% year over year. This growth signals a troubling statistic in the transportation and warehousing industry.

Keeping younger generations of drivers satisfied and effective in their positions will require digitizing their job’s tasks in an increasingly digitized world.

With only 8% of professional truck drivers being women and only 4% of all diesel technicians being women, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) is looking to change that.

In April 2022, The House of Representatives introduced The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act to Congress - a bill that would eliminate the trucking exemption from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.

Drivers aged 21 to 30 who were surveyed reported stability, work-life balance, and carrier benefits as some of the more important factors to consider when choosing an employer.

Truckstop.com conducted a survey that shows that 54% of professional truckers would reconsider their job if they could not bring their furry friend with them on the road.

Law enforcement representatives will be heavily monitoring both passenger and commercial vehicle drivers for any unsafe behaviors that could jeopardize them or the drivers around them.