National Association of Small Trucking Companies Archives

Trucking braces for new heavy-duty engine emission standards

14 December 2022

The Biden administration will soon issue new tailpipe emissions standards for trucks that most truckers — from single owner-operators to owners of large fleets — warn could place heavy cost burdens onto the U.S. economy as a recession already looms.

As proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in March, the new nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions standards for heavy-duty truck engines will be either a two- or one-step process.

The two-step process, Option 1, would set a stringency increase...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-braces-for-new-heavy-duty-engine-emission-standards

Minority and independent truckers challenge hair testing for drugs

5 October 2022

A drug-screening proposal that would raise the bar for thousands of truck drivers seeking work is getting strong pushback from independent and minority drivers.

An exemption request, filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in August by 11 major trucking companies, would effectively require that hair test results used by those companies to screen drivers for drug abuse be reported in the FMCSA’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Those results would then be available to any...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/minority-and-independent-truckers-challenge-hair-testing-for-drugs

‘Missed opportunity’ to fund truck parking in COVID relief package

11 February 2021

A measure that would have provided $755 million in taxpayer funds over the next five years to expand truck parking capacity was offered and quickly withdrawn during negotiations over the next COVID-19 relief bill.

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, who offered the amendment, removed it in the interest of speeding the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s all-day markup Wednesday of its nearly $100 billion portion of the overall $1.9 trillion COVID legislation package.

“I know we’re...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missed-opportunity-to-fund-truck-parking-in-covid-relief-package

Shippers urge feds to consider 14-hour driving rule change

28 October 2020

A coalition of shippers that includes Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) is pushing regulators to roll out a split-duty pilot project to allow drivers to get more productivity out of their workday.

The Safer Hauling and Infrastructure Protection (SHIP) Coalition asserts that the “Split Duty Period Pilot Program” being considered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) – which gives drivers the option to pause the 14-hour driving...

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Election 2020: Road ahead for trucking infrastructure hinges on Nov. 3

26 October 2020

With odds “more likely than not,” according to political analysts, that the U.S. Senate will follow the political party of the presidential ticket in the wake of next week’s election, issues critical to the trucking industry face divergent paths depending on who wins the White House.

Highway infrastructure is at the top of that list.

“It’s not just about the election, it’s also about control of the Senate and the relative balance in the House,” Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/road-ahead-for-trucking-infrastructure-hangs-in-balance-on-nov-3