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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


Business

Drug Testing Labs Slow to Implement Electronic Forms Under New DOT Rule

Adoption of a federal regulation permitting drug testing laboratories to use faster and cheaper electronic forms has been so slow that the Department of Transportation recently sent out a reminder about the process.

November 30, 2015
Government

FMCSA Announces Plan to Create a Voluntary Driver Legal Drug Use Form

Federal trucking regulators have asked for public comment on a plan to create a voluntary driver medication form designed to help medical examiners determine if prescription drugs being taken by a driver could interfere with the driver’s ability to operate a commercial vehicle.

November 25, 2015
BusinessGovernmentSafety

New American Highway Users Alliance Study Identifies Top 50 Bottlenecks in US

A new study decrying the state of the nation’s congested highways arrived just in time for the holidays as a record 47 million Americans hit the road and Congress begins debating the merits of a long-term highway bill, several transportation leaders said at a Nov. 23 news conference.

November 23, 2015
BusinessFuelEquipmentAutonomous

Early Tests Show Promise for Propane as Alternate Fuel for Heavy Trucks

Can diesel and propane fuels operate in harmony under the hood of a Class 8 truck?Charles “Shorty” Whittington thinks so.

November 23, 2015
BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

Atlanta Interchange Tops ATRI List of Worst Truck Bottlenecks in US

The nation’s worst truck bottleneck is located in Atlanta, where a five-level stack interchange known as “Spaghetti Junction” joins Interstate 285 and I-85 north, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute truck congestion survey.

November 23, 2015
BusinessFuelGovernment

CARB Seeks EPA Approval for Amendments to 2011 Reefer Unit Emissions Regulations

The California Air Resources Board has asked that amendments to its regulation setting standards for pollution control in diesel-fueled transport refrigeration units be approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

November 23, 2015
Business

Port of NY-NJ Executive Director to Leave His Post in Next Three Months

Port of New York and New Jersey Executive Director Pat Foye will resign his position in the next 120 days, the port announced on Nov. 19.

November 20, 2015
Business

Fatalities Increase Among Pedestrians, Bicyclists in Crashes Involving Large Trucks

Fatalities among pedestrians and bicyclists in large-truck crashes increased at a faster rate than overall truck-related crash fatalities from 2009 to 2013, a federal study shows.

November 19, 2015
BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

Atlanta Tops ATRI List of Worst Truck Choke Points

The nation’s worst truck bottleneck is located in Atlanta, where a five-level stack interchange known as “Spaghetti Junction” joins Interstates 285 and 85 north, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute truck congestion survey.

November 18, 2015
GovernmentBusinessSafety

N.Y., N.J., Feds Agree on Funding for $20 Billion Rail Tunnel

Officials in New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Amtrak have agreed on a first step toward building a $20 billion rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.

November 17, 2015