Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, June 3, 2026:
- The trucking arm of the nation’s largest transportation company is now an independent entity.
- Fleets now allowed to install certain brand’s auxiliary brake lights.
- Trucker Path expands in-app parking with 50K pay-to-park spots.
FedEx Freight officially its own company
FedEx Corp. on Monday, June 1, completed the spin-off of its freight business and officially launched FedEx Freight Holding Company Inc. as an independent, publicly traded entity focused entirely on the North American less-than-truckload market.
FedEx Corp. continues to trade on the NYSE under its existing ticker symbol, FDX. Shares of the new company also started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday under the ticker symbol FDXF and joined major equity indices, including the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
The stock opened trading Monday $163.88 per share and closed down about 6% just shy of $150 per share.
John Smith, president and CEO of FedEx Freight, said the split should allow the company’s trucking arm to sharpen operational strategy.
"Today begins the next chapter for the new FedEx Freight," Smith said in a statement, noting that the business launches as the largest fully LTL carrier in North America. "We move forward as an independent company with a sharpened focus and disciplined strategy to build on our competitive advantages and accelerate profitable growth."
Smith said the company plans to leverage a network of more than 26,000 service center doors to target high-potential industry verticals and boost stockholder value. --Jason Cannon, CCJ
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FMCSA grants lighting company’s request allowing brake-activated pulsating lamps
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a waiver request to Truck-Lite Co. LLC to allow motor carriers to install Truck-Lite's and/or sister company ECCO's auxiliary amber brake-activated pulsating lamps on the rear of commercial vehicles.
The auxiliary lights will be allowed in addition to the steady-burning brake lamps required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).
Existing FMCSRs require that all exterior lamps (both required lamps and any additional lamps) are steady-burning, with the exception of turn signals, hazard warning lamps, school bus warning lamps, amber or flashing warning lamps on tow trucks and oversize haulers, and warning lamps on emergency and service vehicles.
In granting the waiver, FMCSA highlighted research conducted by both FMCSA and NHTSA, which showed Enhanced Rear Signaling (ERS) systems “performed well at detecting and signaling rear-end crash threats and drawing the gaze of following-vehicle drivers to the forward roadway."
If implemented, the agency determined, enhancements "could potentially reduce the number and frequency of rear-end crashes into the rear of CMVs.”
The agency added that it “is not aware of any evidence indicating that the use of auxiliary brake-activated pulsating lamps -- when operated under previously granted exemptions and in compliance with the applicable terms and conditions of those exemptions -- has resulted in adverse safety impacts.”
The waiver is effective for five years through June 3, 2031. Specific terms and conditions regarding auxiliary lamp placement allowed under the waiver can be found in FMCSA’s Federal Register notice here.
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Trucker Path adds paid parking to app
Trucker Path is adding paid-parking options in its mobile app. New spaces able to reserve for payment including more than 50,000 parking spots.
Trucker Path noted it's working with companies that offer reserved parking like Realize Mobility, Freight Ninja and StoreMyTruck.com, to include their reservable spaces in the app and deliver them to more than 1M app users for overnight as well as even longer-term reserved parking throughout the country.
“Reserved parking through Trucker Path has really improved how we monetize our yard space,” said Cody Horchak, CEO of Realize Mobility. “We’re already seeing higher utilization, better customer quality, and predictability.”
In the 2025 Highway Report Card survey of Overdrive readers about states where interstate highways and parking options are best, and worst, among chief complaints about "worst parking" states and metro areas was the sentiment that "almost everything is pay-to-park." It provided some evidence of continued antipathy to paid truck parking among owner-operators, though the ability to reserve space is appreciated by many, too.
[Related: Truckers still torn: Truck Parking Club's huge growth with pay-to-park]
Trucker Path has historically relied on crowd-sourced insights to help drivers locate available free parking. The addition of reservable, paid parking extends the platform’s offerings and continues efforts to ensure truck drivers are able to efficiently locate safe and secure parking, the company said.
“The U.S. faces a severe truck parking shortage, with availability estimated at one parking space for every 11 trucks on the road,” said Chris Oliver, CMO at Trucker Path. “The need for easily discoverable, secure, verified parking locations is mission critical. In addition to continuing to provide free parking availability at thousands of locations across North America, our new reservable parking network gives drivers and fleets the ability to reserve overnight and long-term parking directly within the app at more than 50,000 spots at professionally managed, secure locations.”
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