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Opinion: California’s Zero-Emissions Plan on the Horizon

This year, the freight movement sector will be facing the development of new emissions rules affecting trucking, warehousing and distribution centers in California.

August 3, 2015

Opinion: Improved Testing Could Reopen Bridges

Imagine pulling up to a bridge that you previously used but now is closed to you because of weight restrictions. What will you have to do to get to your destination?Well, that is exactly the kind of scenario that happened to me just last year.

July 20, 2015

Opinion: Maximizing Benefits of Onboard Technology

This Opinion piece appears in the July 13 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.

July 13, 2015

Opinion: Exercise Caution When Using a Broker

In the aftermath of the 2013 broker bond increase, some questions remain, such as whether the increase had the intended effect of “fighting fraud” and whether the bad brokers really were chased out of the industry.

July 6, 2015

Opinion: Naturalistic Driving, Unnaturalistic Science

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has spent millions of dollars on naturalistic driving studies of commercial driver fatigue.

June 29, 2015

Opinion: Food-Hauling Regulations Set to Change

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin issuing final rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act in August, but the act will not fully impact the freight transportation industry until early next year, when the Federal Register publishes its most relevant section: Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food.

June 22, 2015

Opinion: Truck Dealers Move Industry Forward

Every day, thousands of the nation’s commercial truck dealerships — from the ordering process to delivery — meet customers’ needs and provide service after the sale.

June 15, 2015

Opinion: Training - Keep It Personal, Ongoing

There’s an effort underway to quantify not only the duration of new-entrant driving training but also the measurement metric that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will use to craft a rulemaking.

June 8, 2015

Opinion: 4 Reasons Why Plan Execution Fails

Too often, owners and top executives develop strategic plans that excel in detail yet fail in execution.

June 1, 2015