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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is fully engaged in reducing the number and complexity of trucking-related regulations as directed by an executive order issued by President Trump. Ed Gilroy, American Trucking Associations’ Chief Advocacy and Public Affairs Officer, writes that FMCSA has taken steps toward 19 different rulemakings that will reduce compliance burdens on truckers without affecting safety.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released new research that documents the ongoing shortage of truck parking and suggests strategies for expanding parking at public rest areas.
A long-ignored English proficiency regulation is now being enforced by commercial vehicle enforcement officers throughout the U.S.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) withdrew its request for a waiver from U.S. EPA
Work zone crashes can be very costly and dangerous, often resulting in injury or even death. Studies of work zone crashes show that most can be avoided. Here are tips to help avoid these incidents.
Non-Department of Transportation post-accident drug and alcohol testing potentially changes a non-liable accident into the detonator of a nuclear verdict.
Several lawsuits were filed challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) independent contractor (IC) regulation enacted by the Biden Administration and the DOL’s Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su in early 2024.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in a Federal Register notice published April 1, denied a petition from the Institute for Safer Trucking (IST) requesting an investigation of collisions that van-type semi-trailers experience with passenger vehicles and other vulnerable road users.
ICSA representatives attended the TCA Truckload event, the preeminent event hosted by the Truckload Carriers Association, held in our hometown of Phoenix, AZ. We also attended the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), the largest trucking show in North America, held in Louisville, KY.