Tracking tire costs: fractions of a cent add up
How much are you spending on tires? Sharpen a pencil and figure your cost per tire mile, and you may find that a fraction of…
Shop, offices and buses burned to the ground
Southwest Coaches began recovery before the fire was out
by Joanne Cleaver
December 2018 was cruel for brothers Tom and Jim Hey, who own Southwest…
Recovering from your next disaster starts now
Business continuity planning can make or break a company
by Joanne Cleaver
It’s best to not let your imagination go wild when speculating on the…
UMA files comments on Chicago’s emblem requirement, NY’s 19-A regulations and proposed revisions to Crash Preventability Determination
New leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has dusted off some previously submitted petitions that apparently fell through the cracks or were…
China’s electric bus and rail industries threaten national security, retired military leaders tell Congress
Bus-maker BYD blasts efforts as “xenophobic attacks exploiting ignorance and hatred”
Watchdog requests investigation of congressman’s efforts to increase trucking insurance minimums 600 percent
A government watchdog organization has petitioned the U.S. House ethics counsel to investigate Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, for his efforts to increase liability insurance minimums…
Inspector General reveals mixed results regarding FMCSA’s mandate to reform CSA
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report to Congress assessing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandated efforts to…
Unified Carrier Registration Plan reports on data incident
The Unified Carrier Registration Plan (UCR) is reporting that, on March 28, 2019, a website vulnerability existed in its online National Registration System that could…
Are we ready for automated vehicles? No.
Governors call for greater coordination on safety issues
by Hal Mattern
Like it or not, automated vehicles are a fact of life, and their presence…
Looking at the world through a windshield
Debris, from pebbles to wildlife, lurk to spoil the view
by Peter Corbett
Bus and motorcoach operators face an unlimited number of road hazards every…
A government watchdog organization has petitioned the U.S. House ethics counsel to investigate Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, for his efforts to increase liability insurance minimums…
Inspector General reveals mixed results regarding FMCSA’s mandate to reform CSA
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report to Congress assessing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandated efforts to…
Unified Carrier Registration Plan reports on data incident
The Unified Carrier Registration Plan (UCR) is reporting that, on March 28, 2019, a website vulnerability existed in its online National Registration System that could…
Are we ready for automated vehicles? No.
Governors call for greater coordination on safety issues
by Hal Mattern
Like it or not, automated vehicles are a fact of life, and their presence…
Looking at the world through a windshield
Debris, from pebbles to wildlife, lurk to spoil the view
by Peter Corbett
Bus and motorcoach operators face an unlimited number of road hazards every…