Tag: transportation news
L.A. Port And Long Beach Port Strike Ends Again
Port Truck Drivers Continue To Fight Losing Battle
Truckers Logic has been one of the many trucking news media sources that have been covering the Port Strikes at the L.A. and Long Beach over the past...
ATA And Truck Lobby Press For Congress To Pass Spending Bill
Omnibus Spending Bill Needs To Be Passed Immediately
The largest U.S. trucking advocacy group wants Congress to pass an omnibus spending bill during its “lame duck” session, not a continuing resolution that simply extends funding...
Top Transportation Democrat Nick Rahall Defeated In West Virginia
Nick Rahall Unseated Before Serving 20th Term
Top Transportation Democrat Nick Rahall was yet another Obama supporter that fail victim in Tuesday's election. The widely known incumbent from the 3rd Congressional District in West Virginia...
Hours Of Service Main Concern According To American Transportation Research Institute
Hours Of Service And Driver Shortage Lead Concerns
The American Transportation Research Institute recently concluded a survey and some of the results are quite interesting to say the least. The survey list the top 10...
Healthy Trucker Challenge Great For Promoting Healthy Living In Trucking Industry
ATA Promoting Healthy Trucker Challenge
The American Trucking Association announced this week at its annual meeting that they plan on tracking key trucking industry executives to promote healthy living in the trucking industry. Known as...
Truck Drivers Look For Answers From FMCSA’s Failed Cross Border Pilot Program
Cross Border Pilot Program Inaccurate?
Grain Valley, Mo., Oct. 1, 2014 – In a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an association that represents professional truck drivers asked the agency to provide details...
Tracy Morgan And Others Not Wearing Seat Belts According To Walmart
Walmart Denies Negligence In Tracy Morgan Accident
Walmart Transportation and Walmart denies negligence in the June 7th accident that injured Tracy Morgan and killed comedian James McNair. Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan filed a lawsuit...
Rail Services In Jeopardy Over Lack Of Service
Poor Rail Services Could Hurt Economy
Rail services are still a vital transport method used all over the country and such services could soon be in jeopardy. Rail services are not as widely used as...
Past DOT Chiefs Urging Long-Term Solution To Highway Trust Fund
WASHINGTON — As Congress will once again consider legislation to avoid another shortfall of the Highway Trust Fund, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 of his 13 living predecessors have sent a letter to...
30,000 Medical Professionals Now Listed On National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that 8,000 more health professionals have been added to the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) since the new system for...