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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

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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.


Special Coverage, Business, Fuel, Government

Greenhouse-Gas Rules to Include Study of Several Technologies, Officials Say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The next phase of the federal government’s greenhouse-gas regulations for trucks will include an examination of a “suite” of technologies that can lower emissions and increase fuel efficiency, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 13, 2014
Special Coverage, Business

ATA Forms Committee to Explore Highway Funding Options

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A special committee of top motor carrier executives will meet in Dallas in late March to discuss fundraising mechanisms other than a fuel-tax increase to pay for the next highway bill, American Trucking Associations Chairman Philip Byrd Sr. announced March 11.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 11, 2014
Special Coverage

TMC Launches New Scorecard Program

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv Inc. announced the launch of a program that will capture industry data and trends.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 10, 2014
Government

EPA Budget Would Cut Truck Emission-Reduction Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal calls for eliminating funding for a popular program that since 2008 has helped truckers buy equipment to reduce diesel emissions, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said last week.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 5, 2014
Government

OOIDA’s Lawsuit Over FMCSA’s DataQ Process Transferred to District Court

Saying it lacks jurisdiction, a federal appeals court has transferred a lawsuit about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s DataQ process to a district court.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 4, 2014
Government

House Panel to Hold Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships

A special House panel exploring opportunities for public-private partnerships across all modes of transportation will conduct an overview hearing March 5 on Capitol Hill.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 28, 2014
Business

Federal Court Panel to Hear Pilot Lawsuit Consolidation Request

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has set a March 27 hearing in San Diego to consider a request by Pilot Flying J attorneys to consolidate seven lawsuits filed against the truck-stop chain seeking damages in connection with a diesel-fuel rebate fraud scheme.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 25, 2014
Government

Lane Kidd Resigns as Arkansas Trucking Association President

Arkansas Trucking Association President Lane Kidd said Feb. 24 he is leaving the association after leading it for 22 years.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 24, 2014
Government, Business

ATA, Road Safe America Urge Quick Action on Truck Speed Limiters

American Trucking Associations and Road Safe America last week sent a letter reminding federal regulators of the need to proceed quickly in developing a proposed rule to require speed limiters on existing and new trucks.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 20, 2014
Government

FMCSA Formally Issues Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Proposal

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally issued a proposal that would establish a national database of truck drivers who have failed or refused to take drug and alcohol tests.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 20, 2014