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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.


GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Drug Expert Weighs In on Safety of Alcohol Versus Marijuana

MINNEAPOLIS — To drug expert Todd Simo, the statement that the use of marijuana is just like alcohol, but safer, isn’t exactly accurate.

April 11, 2023
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Vetting Drivers Can Minimize Lawsuit Exposure

MINNEAPOLIS — Failing to ensure that truck drivers meet regulatory and safety qualification requirements can haunt motor carriers in accident litigation, two transportation attorneys say.

April 11, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

NTSB's Bruce Landsberg Discusses Driver Dangers

MINNEAPOLIS — A top executive from the National Transportation Safety Board cited fatigue, impairment and distraction as key contributing factors to highway fatalities, and stressed to a group of trucking safety executives that the agency’s goal is to work with all stakeholders to make roads safer.

April 5, 2023
BusinessSafety

Recruiting, Retaining Next-Generation Drivers a Challenge

MINNEAPOLIS — The next generation of truck drivers could help fill some of the driver shortage, but recruiting and retaining younger drivers won’t be easy.

April 5, 2023
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuelBreaking News

EPA OKs California Rules Phasing Out New Diesel Trucks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted California environmental regulators waivers to officially move forward with the agency’s aggressive plans to transition diesel trucks to electric vehicles and expand the length of truck warranties.

March 31, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Seven More Sentenced in Staged New Orleans Crashes

Seven more individuals have been sentenced over the past month for their roles in staged crashes with tractor-trailers in the New Orleans area.

March 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

New Trucking Coalition Focuses on Clean Energy

A broad-based group representing motor carriers, truck manufacturers and truck dealers has launched a coalition intended to serve as a voice for key trucking industry stakeholders.

March 23, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

UCR Fees to Decline by 9% in 2024, FMCSA Says

Fees for Unified Carrier Registration Plan participants in 2024 will be reduced by approximately 9% compared with 2023 fees, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced.

March 21, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

ATA Expresses Concern Over Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su

In a letter to Senate leaders, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear expressed concern about the track record that Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su would bring to the job.

March 16, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

FHWA Issues Requirements for EV Chargers — but Not for Trucks

The Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule for minimum standards of electric vehicle chargers, but has chosen to not yet broaden the rule to include minimum standards for medium- and heavy-duty electric truck charging infrastructure.

March 2, 2023