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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

@ericdmiller46

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

In 2025, Will Trump Administration Be a Friend of Trucking?

In June, ATA President Chris Spear met with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to gain insight into what the trucking industry might expect should Trump win a second term.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
January 2, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

NHTSA Issues Final Rule Authorizing Whistleblower Payments

Any current or former employee or contractor of a vehicle manufacturer, part supplier or dealership may be a whistleblower, NHTSA said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 20, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Panel Calls for Solutions to Truck Parking Crisis

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee met for five hours Dec. 17 to recommend best practices to increase safe parking for truck drivers seeking rest.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 20, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Trucking Grapples With Economy, Lawsuits, EV Rules in 2024

In 2024, trucking navigated infrastructure investments and lingering economic challenges. Pressing concerns were truck parking shortages, legal battles and nuclear jury verdicts.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 19, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

More Alleged Participants Indicted in Staged Truck Accidents

An indictment in a New Orleans-area scheme to stage crashes with tractor-trailers names two law firms, two individual attorneys and multiple participants in a sweeping conspiracy.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 11, 2024
Government, Business

Appeals Court OKs Contentious R.I. Truck Tolling Plan

The program, called RhodeWorks, has been mired in court battles since American Trucking Associations and two motor carriers in 2018 challenged the law’s constitutionality.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 11, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Adds Four Crash Types to Non-Preventable List

The addition brings to 21 the total number of crash types included in the program, according to a Dec. 3 announcement from FMCSA.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 5, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Texas Supreme Court Hears Werner’s $100M Verdict Appeal

Werner attorney Thomas Wright told the court that driver Shiraz Ali could not have foreseen that a pickup truck would suddenly cross an icy divided highway and strike the carrier’s truck.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
December 3, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

CARB Rules Seen as Hindrance to Obtaining New Diesel Vehicles

Zero-emission vehicle sales in California over the past two years have been better than anticipated, but the transition to EVs has left some dealers challenged to obtain new diesel trucks.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
November 14, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

PHMSA Proposes Easing Burdens for Tank Truck Drivers

PHMSA said the proposed rule, announced earlier this month, would provide nearly $100 million in annual cost savings for businesses and consumers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
October 24, 2024