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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.


BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

Industry Rejects CSA Study Defending Crash-Risk Data

Despite ongoing trucking industry concerns over the crash predictability of the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, regulators have released a new report they say confirms CSA is doing a good job of identifying unsafe motor carriers.

October 19, 2015
BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel

Diesel Jumps 6.4¢ to $2.556;Gasoline Rises 1.9¢ to $2.337

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 6.4 cents a gallon to $2.556, the largest increase in more than two years, the Department of Energy reported.

October 19, 2015
BusinessEquipment

Former Arrow Trucking CEO Pielsticker Gets 7½ Years for Fraud

Former Arrow Trucking CEO James Douglas Pielsticker has been sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that contributed to the Tulsa, Oklahoma, motor carrier’s demise.

October 14, 2015
GovernmentFuel

California Pushes EPA to Lower NOx Limit as Part of GHG Rule for Heavy Trucks

California environmental regulators said they plan to begin development of tougher nitrogen oxide standards for heavy trucks, possibly as early as 2017.

October 12, 2015

Reviewers See Same Flaws in DOT Size-Weight Study

An independent scientific review of the Department of Transportation’s truck size-and-weight study largely agreed with original researchers that weaknesses in some of their research models and data hampered meaningful conclusions.

October 12, 2015
GovernmentBusinessAutonomous

FMCSA Announces Grants for Veteran CMV Driver Training

Federal regulators have awarded $2.3 million in grants to 13 technical and community colleges to train veterans and their families for jobs as commercial bus and truck drivers.

October 9, 2015
GovernmentBusiness

Independent Review of DOT Size and Weight Study Backs Original Researchers

An independent scientific review of the Department of Transportation’s truck size-and-weight study largely agreed with original researchers that weaknesses in some of their research models and data hampered meaningful conclusions.

October 8, 2015
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

FMCSA Says Report Supports CSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 8 released a report that the agency said confirms data used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability’s safety measurement system is able to identify truck and bus companies involved in 90% of the more than 100,000 crashes each year.

October 8, 2015
GovernmentBusiness

NHTSA Extends Comment Period on Straight Truck Rear Guards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reopened the public comment period for a proposed rule that would toughen standards for rear impact guards and reflective material on the rear and sides of straight trucks.

October 5, 2015
Business

FMCSA Aims to Improve Driver Health Without Issuing Additional Regulations

Members of two federal advisory committees are considering nonregulatory ways the private medical sector can help commercial vehicle drivers improve their health.

October 5, 2015