Safety
Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.
New York State Scraps Truck Rural-Route Restrictions
The New York State Department of Transportation told a transportation task force that it will no longer pursue efforts to restrict trucks from using certain rural routes in the Finger Lakes area, American Trucking Associations said.
April 14, 2010March Retail Sales Show Biggest Gain in Four Months
Retail sales rose 1.6% in March, the biggest increase in four months, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
April 14, 2010FMCSA Delays CSA 2010
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week it is pushing back the start of its new safety monitoring system, CSA 2010, until late this year, to give itself time to respond to criticisms and suggestions, and give fleets time to fix safety deficiencies.
April 12, 2010ATRI’s Dan Murray Gets Transportation Award
Dan Murray, vice president of research for the American Transportation Research Institute, received the William K. Smith Distinguished Service Award from the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies.
April 9, 2010DOT Sets Stepped-Up Enforcement on Distracted Driving
The Department of Transportation has kicked off a pilot program in New York and Connecticut to test whether concentrated law enforcement can make drivers put down their cell phones.
April 8, 2010ATA to Host Health-Care Webinar
American Trucking Associations will host a webinar on Wednesday, April 14, for its members about what the health-care reform package recently signed into law means for trucking companies.
April 8, 2010Frozen Food Express Selects PeopleNet for Mobile Service
PeopleNet Communications said it won a contract with Frozen Food Express Industries Inc., under which PeopleNet will replace Qualcomm Inc. as the refrigerated carrier’s mobile communications vendor.
April 5, 2010Evans Distribution Systems Adds Facilities
Evans Distribution Systems, a third-party logistics operator, is adding new facilities in Lenexa, Kan., Houston and Memphis, Tenn.
April 5, 2010Letters: Distracted Driving, Wages and Turnover, Clean Port Trucks
I recently had the opportunity to make an informal survey on in-cab distractions. I have been restoring an old Willys Utility Wagon, and I wanted to see if I could find a couple of leather bucket seats for it. I went to a local junkyard, and they told me to walk around and look in the vehicles and see if I could find a pair that I liked.
April 5, 2010DOT Proposes Rule to Ban Driver Texting
The Department of Transportation last week issued a proposed rule outlawing text messaging by commercial drivers, taking another step in its ongoing effort to eliminate the practice.
April 5, 2010