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Echo Global adds Book Now functionality to EchoDrive platform

Echo Global adds instant freight booking feature

Users of Echo Global Logistics’ (NASDAQ:ECHO) EchoDrive platform can now book loads and receive email confirmation seamlessly with new functionality. The company announced that it has added Book Now to its mobile app and web portal platform.

“The Book Now feature was designed to enhance the booking process for EchoDrive users,” said Dave Menzel, president and COO at Echo. “With this functionality, we’ve given carriers the ability to instantly book a load 24/7/365 through the EchoDrive web portal...

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Jason’s Law truck parking update under review at FHWA

A long-awaited assessment on truck parking capacity in the U.S. is expected to be ready for publishing by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) before the end of this year.

An updated Jason’s Law survey, which was initially scheduled to be published before the end of 2019 only to be postponed to the first months of this year, will now be made public during an upcoming virtual meeting of the National Coalition of Truck Parking, according to FHWA.

Top 10 critical issues in ranked by commercial...

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FMCSA adds driver panel to safety board

A group of 20-25 truck drivers will be providing direct feedback to federal regulators on safety issues ranging from hours of service (HOS) to truck parking.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced Friday that the new commercial driver panel subcommittee has been set up to inform the agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) with the goal of gaining a range of viewpoints and experiences among different sectors of the driver community, including drivers of...

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The Daily Dash: Hindenburg continues attack on Nikola; OOIDA pushes for more truck parking

Nikola Tre electric truck

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, short seller Hindenburg Research continued to lob allegations of wrongdoing at Nikola Corp. Plus, OOIDA said it will renew its push for more funds for truck parking when the next Congress convenes, and TFI International expands its presence in the U.S. logistics market.

Hindenburg continues Nikola attack

Hindenburg Research, the short seller that successfully beat down Nikola’s share price, reloaded...

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House Republicans issue post-election infrastructure plan

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House have merged a five-year reauthorization of the FAST Act into a broad economic rebuilding plan that they intend to put in place if they take control of the chamber after the November elections.

The five-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs is based on the Starter Act, a bill introduced by House Republicans in June as an alternative to a Democrat-sponsored bill that the chamber passed along party lines in July that includes reauthorizing...

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OOIDA will push for more truck parking in next Congress

Legislation to improve truck parking capacity that is likely to die in the current Congress will be a priority once the new one convenes in January, a major owner-operator group has confirmed.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), which worked to get bipartisan truck parking legislation introduced in March incorporated into a major infrastructure package passed by the House of Representatives in July, will likely see both efforts come up short as no action on either bill is...

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DOT rolls out National Freight Strategic Plan

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday unveiled for the first time a national freight transportation strategy that aims to guide national freight policy and investment and provide a framework for better multimodal coordination.

The National Freight Strategic Plan, required under the 2015 Fast Act (which expires at the end of September), received 82 comments from state agencies, associations and private companies following a “request for information” issued late last year.

“This...

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OOIDA presses regulators on detention time pay, truck parking

Owner-operators told federal regulators that repealing an 80-year-old law preventing them from collecting overtime pay could help alleviate the negative effects of increasing detention times at destination facilities.

“Unfortunately, drivers’ times aren’t valued, especially by shippers and receivers,” said Lewie Pugh, vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), speaking at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Truck Safety Summit this week.

“It...

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dexFreight adds parking reservation system, to collaborate with TruckPark on podcast

Safe truck parking available in app

TruckPark and dexFreight are combining forces to develop a monthly podcast focused on drivers. The collaboration will also see the addition of TruckPark’s truck parking reservation services on dexFreight’s platform for carriers, brokers and shippers. dexFreight also plans to incorporate parking availability in its machine learning-based trip planning and load selection algorithms for carriers.

Anthony Petitte, chief executive officer and co-founder of TruckPark, told FreightWaves the podcast is...

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Breaking News: House approves trucking insurance increase and hours-of-service delay

A major infrastructure package that includes provisions to hike truckers’ insurance coverage to $2 million and delay the September 29 start date for new federal hours of service (HOS) changes was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act, which passed the Democrat-controlled House largely along party lines by a vote of 233 to 188, was derided by Republicans in the chamber as a “wish list” partisan bill heavy on climate-change related proposals that...

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