News & Reports
CSA Get Road Smart Materials Available at Roadcheck 2014
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) annual Roadcheck will take place from June 3-5, 2014 this year. Roadcheck is an annual roadside inspection event where roadside inspectors from across North America perform truck and bus inspections, hold safety events...
ROADCHECK – June 3-5
Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with approximately 14 trucks or buses being inspected, on average, every minute from Canada to Mexico during a 72-hour period in early June. Each year, approximately 10,000...
ELD Workshops: Williston ND June 2-6
LoadTrek will be holding ELD workshops and classes in Williston ND June 2-6, 2014. For more information or to schedule an appointment - contact us.
The New Highway Bill
TITLE V Motor Carrier Safety Take a look at this year's highway bill, and how it affects trucking. Read the bill, and notify your congressional representative or trade organization to respond.
ATRI Seeks For-Hire Carriers To Participate In Study
Arlington, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched a data collection initiative to update the 2013 Operational Costs of Trucking report. Through a brief online survey, ATRI seeks to capture basic cost information from for-hire...
Proposed IFTA Amendments Posted
This year there are four proposals to amend the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Three of them are probably of limited interest to motor carriers, but the other, which has to do with IFTA's rules for audit and record keeping, should be of great interest to the...
DOT funding plan light on trucking policy, heavy on FMCSA power
May 1, 2014 Avery Vise From a controversial proposal to mandate detention pay for truck drivers, the Dept. of Transportation’s (DOT) surface-transportation funding proposal, the Grow America Act, contains little in the way of new policy initiatives or programs...
Net neutrality: What it is, why you should care
By Woody Leonhard The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed a new set of rules that will change — some say kill — net neutrality. With regulations coming soon, Congress hunkered down; and with a brawl breaking out on a dozen different fronts, here's what...
FMCSA clarifies roadside display rules for AOBRDs
May 9, 2014 Avery Vise Fleet Owner Carrier Safety Administration is clarifying the display requirements for automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) that have electronic displays and is reminding motor carriers and law enforcement officials that the devices are...
Sandberg Appointed to Board
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today announced the appointment of Annette M. Sandberg to its Board of Directors. Ms. Sandberg, CEO of TransSafe Consulting, previously served as Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...