Opinion

4/1/2013 CRs and ferreting out the bad apples . . . Anyone who has been in a position to observe the inner workings of motorcoach companies is likely to eventually run across a jolting anomaly. Carriers that have pristine paperwork for their...

4/1/2013 Low-priced buses fill a needed niche Boston Globe Editorial Fung Wah, the low-cost bus carrier shut down by the federal government after it stopped cooperating with regulators, deserves little sympathy. ...

4/1/2013 Matching driver personalities, preferences, skills to trips By Dave Millhouser It didn't take much effort to convince the boss I was the right guy for the trip. It involved taking the first Model 10 Eagle on a six-week...

12/15/2012 Stopping the runaway train: The case for privatizing Amtrak By Randal O'Toole When Congress created Amtrak in 1970, passenger-rail advocates hoped it would become an efficient and attractive mode of travel. More than 40 years of Amtrak...

12/15/2012 CVSA to be asked to set tire 'underinflation' criteria When a bus undergoes a safety inspection, among the critical components always checked are the tires. While underinflated tires are considered a violation, there is no precise definition of exactly...

8/1/2012 To the Editor In response to the article, "Listing of ‘safe' operators includes dubious carriers" in the July 1 issue, I want to thank you for recognizing the hard work Transportation Safety Exchange has done to provide...

8/1/2012 Government mantra: 'If it moves, regulate it' By John Stossel Let's say you wanted to get from New York City to D.C. this evening. You could take the government-supported train system, which would cost you $153 or more,...

8/1/2012 Lessons from the $21-million cell phone call A recent edition of Today's Trucking reported the case of Coca-Cola, which was sued successfully for $21 million after one of its sales reps was involved in a crash in Texas that injured a 37-year-old...

7/15/2012 Compliance, Safety, Accountability: It shouldn't be an ashtray Note: "This (in my humble opinion) is an important paper. We must be serious about reducing commercial vehicle crashes; otherwise we are playing ‘gotcha.' The men and women in safety enforcement deserve...

7/15/2012 Study finds no correlation between CSA data and crashes VIENNA, Va. -- A new study contends that Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration safety data under its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program does not accurately predict crashes. The Alliance...

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