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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, Equipment, Safety

Twin 33-Foot Trailers Would Boost Safety, Efficiency, New Analysis Concludes

A new analysis by traffic safety researcher Ronald Knipling has concluded that widespread adoption of twin 33-foot trailers would boost safety and efficiency for U.S. drivers, consumers and businesses.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 13, 2017
Government, Business

HOS Restart Rule Fails Test

A congressionally mandated study on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service restart rule failed to demonstrate conclusively that a controversial 2013 restart rule, calling for two consecutive nights of rest, provided “a greater net benefit for the operational, safety, health and fatigue impacts” on drivers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 13, 2017
Government

Groups Ask EPA to Maintain Funding for Diesel Emissions Reduction Grants

Several transportation organizations have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to continue Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding in EPA’s fiscal 2018 budget.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 13, 2017
Business

Appeals Court Rules FedEx Drivers in Conn. Are Independent Contractors, Not Employees

An appeals court has ruled that FedEx Ground Package System drivers working out of a terminal in Hartford, Connecticut, are independent contractors and not employees of the package carrier.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 13, 2017
Government

Transportation Groups Ask EPA to Preserve Diesel Emissions Funding

Several transportation trade groups have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to continue Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding in EPA’s fiscal-year 2018 budget.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 8, 2017
Business

FedEx Wins Connecticut Independent Contractor Appeals Court Case

An appeals court has ruled that FedEx Ground Package System drivers working out of a terminal in Hartford, Connecticut, are independent contractors and not employees of the package carrier.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 7, 2017
Business, Autonomous

Truck OEMs Tout Their SuperTruck Improvements

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Truck makers said they continue to reap huge benefits from the SuperTruck program, adding significant technology advances to their production models.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 6, 2017
Business

TMC Elects Ozark’s McDonald as Chairman

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Glen McDonald, the new chairman of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council, can’t be summed up as just a man who oversees the maintenance operation of a 700-truck fleet and 70 shop employees.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 6, 2017
Special Coverage

Surge in E-Commerce is Disrupting Trucking Industry's Business Model, Expert Says

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Astronomical growth in internet online retail purchases by U.S. consumers already is beginning to have a significant effect on the trucking industry’s business model, an information technology expert told executives attending American Trucking Associations' Executive Leadership Forum here.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 2, 2017
Special Coverage

TMC Names Glen McDonald General Chairman

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council announced Feb. 27 that Glen McDonald, maintenance director at Ozark Motor Lines of Memphis, Tennessee, has been elected 2017-2018 general chairman and treasurer during the organization’s annual meeting.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 2, 2017