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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. Hes been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the papers 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.


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ATRIs Annual Top Industry Issues Survey Underway

The American Transportation Research Institute has launched its annual Top Industry Issues Survey, asking stakeholders to rank their top concerns along with potential strategies for addressing them.

September 8, 2022
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FMCSA Wants Input on Extending Its COVID Emergency Declaration

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on whether the safety and supply chain benefits of its COVID-19 national emergency declaration merit extending the current declaration after it expires Oct. 15.

September 8, 2022
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Public Comment Mixed on FHWAs Electric Charging Infrastructure Proposal

Public comment on a proposed federal regulatory and funding road map for setting up a national electric charging station infrastructure received mixed comments from a wide variety of interested parties.

September 7, 2022
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FMCSA Releases Draft Medical Examiners Handbook

Its been seven years in the making, but the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration has released a draft copy of the Medical Examiners Handbook that offers revised guidance to help examiners ensure that truck drivers are in good health.

August 31, 2022
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FMCSA Seeks Input on Request to Post Hair Drug Tests to Clearinghouse

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on a request by an alliance of large motor carriers for an exemption that would permit the carriers to report actual knowledge of a truck drivers positive hair drug test to the agencys Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

August 29, 2022
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EMA Drops Lawsuit Challenging CARB Rule

The Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association has withdrawn its lawsuit alleging that California environmental regulators did not give truck manufacturers enough lead time to meet the states new, more rigid emission standards.

August 25, 2022
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Inflation Reduction Act Offers Incentives to Increase Electric Truck Adoptions

For those motor carriers seeking to begin or continue their fleet conversions to electric trucks, new federal legislation will offer significant financial assistance.

August 23, 2022
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Appeals Court Denies Review of HOS Shorthaul, Driver Break Requirements

A challenge to certain federal hours-of-service regulations filed by the Teamsters Union and three nonprofits will not be reviewed by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

August 1, 2022
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The Glider Truck Is Gone, but Not Forgotten

In its heyday, Fitzgerald Glider Kits was the nations top glider truck manufacturer, building and selling thousands of the new truck cab bodies powered by older rebuilt engines.

July 28, 2022
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FMCSA Accepting Carrier Applications for Apprenticeship Driver Pilot

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as of July 26 is accepting applications from motor carriers interested in participating in the agencys Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program for 18- to 20-year-old truck drivers to operate interstate.

July 26, 2022