Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

@eugenemulero

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of April 12: Motor Carrier Execs of the Roundtable

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.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 12, 2016
Government

Video: Truckers Criticize FMCSA's New Initiatives

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

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 11, 2016
Business

Next Phase of URS on Schedule, FMCSA Says

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.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 11, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of April 5: A Different Darling

Who are you and what have you done with Scott Darling? The nominee to head FMCSA that we bumped into at the Mid-America Trucking Show last week was far different from the reserved acting administrator we encountered a year ago at the same event. Except for the hat. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 5, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Video: OOIDA Senior Official Criticizes FMCSA’s ‘Beyond Compliance’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s “Beyond Compliance” incentives program for carriers and drivers was criticized by stakeholders during a public forum at an annual trucking show here April 1.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 1, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

State DOTs Urged to Study Parking Habits at Truck Stops

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — State transportation officials need to continue to survey truck stop facilities to determine ways parking for trucks may be augmented nationwide, a senior federal highway official said at a trucking conference here March 31.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 31, 2016
Special Coverage, Government, Business

FMCSA's Darling Returns to MATS to Hear From Drivers, Vendors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The country’s top trucking regulator joined the opening day crowds at the Mid-America Trucking Show here on March 31 because he said he wanted to hear from drivers and vendors.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 31, 2016
Business

Peloton Exec Says Platooning Technology, Access to Data Improve Freight Movement

WASHINGTON — Improvements in platooning technology and incorporating data trends will help boost fuel efficiency and freight connectivity in the coming years, Steve Boyd, co-founder and vice president of external affairs at Peloton, said at an event here.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 24, 2016
Government

Appropriators Urged to Delay Safety Fitness Determination Rulemaking

A group of lawmakers are calling on the leaders of the House transportation funding panel to delay a rulemaking on a safety fitness determination proposal.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 22, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 22: Moving on to Plan B

Proponents, including American Trucking Associations, who were unsuccessful in attaching a meal and rest break provision to the aviation bill are moving on to Plan B. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 22, 2016