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A big 10-4 on hours flexibility, improved training standards and a good time â more from D.C.
Several bobtail trucks convoyed into our nation's capital to meet with the trucking group representatives as well as United States Senators. More on Overdrive.
October 4, 2018
Channel 19
From the outside in: âKeep on Truckinâ
If youâve got time, give the Pacific Standardâs âKeep on Truckin'â package of features published this week a look for a point of view on trucking from the outside in.
February 6, 2016
Business
Driver shortage: Where are the empty shelves?
How the âdriver shortageâ topic became a mainstream media staple, marked by stories that often stress the job opportunity angle, occasionally conjuring images of empty trucks and bare store shelves.
February 4, 2016
Business
The driver shortage alarm
The disconnect between the money and the mantra: As trucking has trumpeted a driver shortage over most of the last 10 years driver pay hasnât risen in a way that would reflect such a strong labor demand.
February 1, 2016
Voices
Voices on NYTâs âTrucks are killing usâ column: Readers respond, ATA says column riddled with âfalsehoodsâ
âWhy waste print to tell so many lies, when you can actually help the issues that truly affect the entire line of all phases of transportation?â âMatt Whitelaw on the âTrucks Are Killing Usâ op-ed
August 25, 2015
Business
Get it right, Howard
Wendy on former Transport Topics editor Howard Abramsonâs recent âTrucks are killing usâ editorial: âHighway safety canât be delegated to one group only, and lack of it canât be faulted to just one.â
August 23, 2015
Channel 19
Strong voices on parking
Conversations on the situation continue in the wake of mainstream media attention to truckersâ parking needs.
February 3, 2015
Parking
Parking shortage hits the mainstream
A Wall Street Journal story last week took on the issue of the difficulties faced by truckers finding a safe parking spot in widespread congested areas around the nation.
January 27, 2015
Voices
Change starts with one step, and all that jazz
ââOperation Positive Pressâ has begun. ⌠I believe positive changes can be achieved. Go make good stories for us, get the word out. 2015 is the Year of the Trucker.â
January 9, 2015
Channel 19
The regs: Threading the needle through 2014
Part 2 in this Channel 19 year in review highlights the most-read stories from the blog this year having to do with regulations â and their enforcement. CARB, insurance, CSA, hoursâŚ
December 29, 2014
Business
Itâs AMAZING! You WONâT BELIEVE IT!!
âKeep on truckinâ â and know there are people out there who will advocate for you, even if it means being banned from every mainstream news Facebook page there is. God bless the truckers.â
November 24, 2014
Voices
Trucking far from âunder-regulatedâ: Reactions to CNBCâs âCollision courseâ series
The CNBC series itself wondered why there is not a ânational outcryâ for more trucking regulations. As reader Dianne Vranesic put it quite simply, ââUnder-regulatedâ? Are you kidding?â
August 1, 2014
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