New York Activates Plow Fleet for Lake Effect Storm
The state of New York has begun shifting resources, including its fleet of plow trucks, to central and western New York as it braces for “lake effect” snowstorms expected to hit the region. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has also activated the state’s Emergency Ope…
Tracy Morgan crash elevated driver fatigue as problem nationally
WASHINGTON – The driver of the tractor-trailer that slammed into a limo bus carrying actor and comedian Tracy Morgan hadn’t slept for 28 hours before the accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury. And it was all perfectly legal, even as the Natio…
Freight Spending, Shipments Continue Decline
Both the number of shipments and expenditures on freight transportation by shippers continued their downward slide in December, according to latest Cass Freight Index. The shipments index fell 4.9% to a reading of 1.038, its lowest level since January …
TMC to Celebrate 60 Years at 2016 Annual Meeting
The Technology and Maintenance Council will celebrate its 60th anniversary at its 2016 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition in Nashville. The TMC Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition will be held February 29-March …
Calstart Opens Regional Clean Transportation Center
With funding from the California Energy Commission, CALSTART has opened the San Joaquin Valley Clean Transportation Center aimed at accelerating the user of clean vehicles and fuels in the region. The Center will provide technical assistance, project d…
Texas trucker tried to dodge GWB toll, cops say
FORT LEE – A 40-year-old truck driver was arrested Monday night after he drove through the George Washington Bridge toll lane with an obscured license plate in an attempt to skip paying the toll, Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo said. Police sto…
CVSA Names New Executive Director From Within
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has appointed Collin B. Mooney as its executive director, effective Jan. 11, 2016, the organization has announced. Mooney has been with CVSA for 13 years and has served as the deputy executive director since 2010.
State’s trucker testing bottlenecked
The Arkansas State Police has not authorized any new third-party sites to conduct commercial driver’s license skills tests since October, creating what the president of the Arkansas Trucking Association described as an “obstacle” to training drivers in…
Denied parking at delivery site, truck driver shot
All Jerry Matson needed was spot in the vast parking lot of Oakland’s O.co Coliseum, where he would wait for the consignee to accept a generator he was delivering to power the television broadcast of an upcoming football game. But he was advised to fin…
China-bound trucker hid 288 smartphones
A 56-year-old truck driver has been arrested and released on bail after customs detected an attempt to smuggle 288 smartphones worth about HK$1.3 million at Lok Ma Chau Control Point today. Customs officers intercepted an outgoing lorry in the small ho…