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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.


Government

CSA Problems Continue to Make Scores ‘Unreliable,’ ATA Says

Data and methodology problems continue to undercut the accuracy and reliability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of motor carrier measurement scores, according to a new American Trucking Associations white paper.

December 9, 2013
Government

OOIDA Sues Calif. Over Soot Filter Mandate

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a lawsuit in a California federal court on Dec. 6, seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the state’s Bus and Truck regulation requiring out-of-state truckers to install soot filters on their trucks.

December 6, 2013
Government

ATA: D.C. Bill Would Ban New Diesel Trucks in 2018

A bill being considered by the District of Columbia City Council would effectively ban new diesel vehicles from operating in the nation’s capital starting in 2018.

December 5, 2013
Government

Calif. Extends Soot Filter Deadline for Some Truckers

California environmental regulators said they will give truckers operating in the state who show “good faith efforts” additional time beyond the Jan. 1 compliance deadline requiring most heavy-trucks to install particulate filters.

November 25, 2013
Business, Fuel

Judge Clears Pilot’s $84.9 Mln. Rebate-Fraud Settlement

A federal judge in Arkansas on Nov. 25 approved an $84.9 million settlement calling for Pilot Flying J to reimburse an estimated 5,500 customers who have alleged that the truck-stop chain shortchanged them on diesel fuel rebates dating to 2005.

November 25, 2013
Business

Pilot Seeks Court Approval of $72 Mln. Rebate-Fraud Settlement

Attorneys representing Pilot Flying J and an estimated class of 5,500 truckers alleged to have been fraudulently shortchanged diesel fuel rebates will return to federal court in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 25, seeking final approval of a $72 million class-action settlement.

November 22, 2013
Business, Fuel

Nat-Gas Vehicle Industry Sets Sights on Long-Haul Trucking

ATLANTA – Natural-gas vehicle leaders meeting here Nov. 19 said that after making strides in fueling the “return-to-base” trucking market, they would next need to turn their attention to the over-the-road heavy-duty trucking segment.

November 19, 2013
Government, Business

N.Y. Improperly Spending Toll Revenue, ATA Says in Lawsuit

Officials with the New York State Thruway, a major artery for commercial trucking, are improperly spending millions of dollars in toll revenues annually on the state’s mostly recreational canal system, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Nov. 14 by American Trucking Associations.

November 14, 2013
Business

Out-of-Service Rate for Brake Violations Lowest in More Than 15 Years

The out-of-service rate for brake-related violations dropped to 13.5%  from 15.3% last year, the lowest rate of OOS brake violations in more than 15 years, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced last week.

November 7, 2013
Government, Business

OOIDA Asks Supreme Court to Review Decision on Cross-Border Trucking Program

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision upholding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s authority to operate a cross-border pilot program allowing Mexican drivers to operate throughout the United States.

November 7, 2013