Hours-of-service regulation would be tweaked under a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill a Senate subcommittee advanced April 19, according to Sen. Susan Collins as quoted in Politico.

WASHINGTON — A fiscal 2017 Senate transportation funding bill would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to quickly issue a long-awaited proposed rule on speed limiters for motor carriers.

The Senate transportation appropriations subcommittee on April 19 will consider a fiscal 2017 spending measure that is likely not to reflect the Obama administration’s funding priorities.

WASHINGTON — During a rare hearing focused exclusively on the commercial motor carrier industry, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee suggested his colleagues support establishing truck-only lanes to help boost freight capacity.

WASHINGTON — During a rare hearing focused exclusively on the commercial motor carrier industry, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee suggested his colleagues support establishing truck-only lanes to help boost freight capacity.

An April 13 roundtable of motor carrier industry stakeholders before a House subcommittee is intended to help policy leaders figure out the most appropriate approach for the implementation of trucking provisions in the 2015 FAST Act highway law. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dozens of commercial drivers and industry stakeholders criticized federal trucking regulators’ initiatives at a Mid-America Trucking Show forum here April 1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The next phase of the federal government’s streamlined online registration process for truckers, brokers and equipment providers remains on schedule for this fall, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.