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What’s up with trucking’s sagging job growth?
In percentage terms, the for-hire trucking industry’s payroll employment gains in both 2011 and 2012 was the highest since 1994, but growth has slowed sharply in 2013.Down the Roadread more
View ArticleHow do you track the invisible?
On New Year’s Eve, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it had shut down two affiliated South Carolina trucking operations and the owner-driver of one of them as “imminent...
View ArticleFMCSA sees what’s not there, ignores what is
When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced its own research to counter a highly critical Government Accountability Office report on the Safety Measurement System’s ability to target...
View ArticleThe easy life of a truck driver?
One of the big partisan battles waging in America currently is the Democrats’ push for gender equality in pay. Regardless of where you come down on the issue of the government dictating pay practices,...
View ArticlePrepare ASAP for media calls on fatigue
Barring an 11th hour deal, we will see something fairly rare on Thursday morning, June 5: A debate on trucking safety in a public and unpredictable forum that will lead to a newsworthy action one way...
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Technology as safety net for drivers
Yesterday was a milestone for our family. It wasn’t one of the huge milestones, mind you-- no birth of a child or grandchild, no wedding or even a graduation. But in some respects, it might be the...
View ArticleFerro’s fickle friends
As head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) – a post she vacates Aug. 22 – Anne Ferro called for reforms in driver pay to ensure that they were paid for detention or other...
View ArticleFifty shades of FMCSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) draws criticism from someone for everything it does. That’s natural, and FMCSA is hardly the only federal agency to suffer this fate. FMCSA often...
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