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Channel 19
With PPP loan terms relaxed, consider these questions to avoid a forgiveness trap
As Paycheck Protection loan terms extend, here's how to avoid a potential loan forgiveness trap, given freight uncertainty for the rest of the year.
June 12, 2020
Overdrive Radio
A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrierâs tech-informed business
Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.comâs Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business â thatâs a major mechanical failure, of course.
July 11, 2019
Voices
Reader: There is in fact a regs constraint on the driver market
Reader Alfred Brock found a particular constraint on the driver market in his home state of Michigan â namely, a program for CDL training funding assistance that wasnât being funded.
May 28, 2019
Parking
National Coalition on Truck Parkingâs advocacy resources released with ease-of-use in mind
All Coalition-working-group resources are now available in both html and pdf formats, the former designed for easy online reading, the latter for the ability to print and distribute for those getting involved at public and private events.
April 1, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Infrastructure fixes running out of gas
We canât expect tomorrowâs dwindling fossil-fuel-powered vehicles to adequately fund already under-funded highways while the e-powered elite rides free.
February 17, 2018
Channel 19
Leaked Trump infrastructure plan heralds tolls to come; Tesla âAutopilotâ â itâs happened again
More tales of tolls told in infrastructure priorities from a U.S. administration, and opposition quick to howl. Plus: More mishaps emerging from not-so-aptly-named Tesla âAutopilotâ feature in carsâŚ
January 23, 2018
Voices
POLL: Should tolls on existing or new interstate lanes/routes be allowed?
With liberalization of rules around use of tolls on existing and new federal-aid interstate routes and lanes back in highway infrastructure funding discussion, whatâs your view on whether tolls ought to be allowed as a funding mechanism?
January 23, 2018
Channel 19
Tuesday fright: Parking issues downright scary?
Toward a more-perfect Halloween post: A reader on the need for more parking capacity â and the legacy, or lack thereof as yet when it comes to publicly funded parking spaces, of Jasonâs Law.
October 31, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Road trippinâ: Trumpâs hollow infrastructure pledge
This industry and the public at large deserve a rational plan, not smoke and mirrors, for maintaining and improving our infrastructure.
September 1, 2017
Business
OOIDA petitions FMCSA to withhold federal funding from 20 states for enforcement, including ELDs
The petition singles out 26 states that havenât as yet adopted the ELD mandate, while 20 of those are out of compliance with fed regs adoption rules in general, OOIDA says. The MCSAP program granted more than $65 million in funding to those 20 states last year.
August 30, 2017
Business
Missourians say show me the I-70 project money; state plan includes trucks-only lanes
Missouri leaders continue pondering how to pay for a 200-mile reconstruction of deteriorating I-70. Efforts to ban tolls on the project are ongoing. The most expensive proposal for the project includes four trucks-only lanes.
June 20, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
KeepTruckin gets $18M infusion
The infusion of venture-capital cash will allow the company, started as a smartphone-based logging platform in 2013, to take its current electronic logging device and small fleet management platform into new areas, including freight matching.
May 23, 2017
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