OEMs Expand Air Disc Brake Offerings; Cost, Maintenance Concerns Slow Adoption
After years of accounting for just a single-digit share of the heavy-truck brake market, air disc brakes are enjoying double-digit growth, and suppliers are optimistically predicting the systems will capture a quarter of the foundations brake market within a few years.
July 20, 2015Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Glider Industry May Lose Business Under GHG Plan, EPA, Makers Say
The new federal greenhouse-gas proposal for trucks includes a provision that could reduce the appeal of glider kits if the proposal becomes final.
July 20, 2015FMCSA Says Final Rule Protects Privacy of Fleets’ Confidential Business Records
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule designed to reassure motor carriers that their confidential business information voluntarily given to the government for use in the federal rulemaking process will be protected from public disclosure.
July 20, 2015ATA: Turnover Drop ‘Significant’
Truck driver turnover rates fell to a four-year low in the first quarter among larger fleets and declined 12 percentage points at larger and smaller fleets alike, American Trucking Associations reported last week.
July 20, 2015Panel Votes to Hide Scores During Assessment of CSA
Scores and relevant data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program would not be made public during a review of the program included in a six-year highway bill that a Senate panel approved July 15.
July 20, 2015House Passes 5-Month Highway Funding Bill
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the House on July 15 passed a five-month extension of federal highway funding authority, giving the Senate less than two weeks to act on the measure before current authority expires.
July 20, 2015FedEx Ground Workers Win in Kansas, Are Deemed Employees by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has ruled that about 500 FedEx Ground workers in Kansas were employees in the latest of a series of recent rulings on worker status.
July 20, 2015OOIDA, CVTA Among Groups Voicing Opposition to Hair Testing for Drug Use
Trade organizations representing truck drivers and commercial vehicle driver training schools were among those who said they have concerns about using hair specimens to drug test drivers.
July 15, 2015Top 100 Carriers Get More Selective With Freight as Capacity Remains Tight
The nation’s largest for-hire carriers are becoming more selective about the freight they haul, taking steps to minimize delays and focusing on better utilization of equipment and personnel as strong demand and a shortage of drivers continue to strain capacity.
July 13, 2015Missouri to Solicit Innovative Means of Upgrading I-70
Missouri transportation officials have declared Interstate 70 a “laboratory” for private industry, entrepreneurs and innovators to suggest ideas that will help plug gaps in the state’s ailing road and bridge budget.
July 6, 2015