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Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


Special Coverage, Government

FMCSA Official Defends New CSA App

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration senior official at the Mid-America Trucking Show defended a new smartphone application designed to facilitate access to certain performance data, a feature strongly opposed by the industry.

March 28, 2015
Special Coverage, Government

FMCSA Recruits Drivers for HOS Study at MATS

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration encouraged commercial drivers at the Mid-America Trucking Show to sign up for an hours-of-service study that aims to determine fatigue factors among truck operators.

March 28, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

ATA’s Kevin Burch: National Campaign Will Help Public Appreciate Trucking’s Contribution

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Trucking Moves America Forward movement will continue to help educate the mainstream public about trucking’s safety efforts and vast economic contributions, the campaign’s chief manager told Transport Topics.

March 27, 2015
Special Coverage, Government

Scott Darling Makes Unscheduled Appearance But Keeps Low Profile

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sporting a Boston Red Sox cap and a beige trench coat when he arrived, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Scott Darling kept a low profile while visitingthe Mid-America Trucking Show on March 27.

March 27, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Toyo Unveils Tire for Rugged Driving Conditions

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Toyo Tires unveiled the M153, a tire designed for high-scrub applications, at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

March 26, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Trucking Industry Safety Coalition Achieves 2014 Fundraising Goal

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After reaching its $1 million fundraising mark for 2014, an American Trucking Associations-led coalition that promotes the industry’s safety record plans to surpass that this year, a senior industry executive said at the Mid-America Trucking Show’s media day March 25.

March 25, 2015
Special Coverage, Business, Equipment

Espar Products to Formally Become Eberspaecher

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Espar Products Inc.will formally announce during the Mid-America Trucking Show thatit is changingits name toEberspaecher.

March 25, 2015
Government, Fuel, Business, Safety, Autonomous

Secretary Anthony Foxx, Rep. Bill Shuster: Gas Tax Increase Unlikely This Year

WASHINGTON — Two of the country’s top transportation leaders reaffirmed their opposition to raising fuel taxes to keep highway programs funded for several years, a setback for proponents of increasing the user fees,includingtrucking industry leaders.

March 19, 2015
Government, Business

Legislation Aims to Boost Transportation Funds at Local Level

Local governments would be able to access more federal funds under a bipartisan bill unveiled this week in the Senate.

March 18, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

House Budget Expands States’ Say on Transportation

House Republicans’ budget blueprint unveiled March 17 would enhance states’ control over critical highway projects, and it would establish a reserve fund to develop proposals for bringing surface-transportation legislation to passage.

March 17, 2015