Issue / Trucking Workforce
House Passes $1.5T Tax Reform Bill as Senate Committee Markup Continues
Nov 16, 2017 | Jeff DavisNovember 16, 2017 The House of Representatives has passed a tax reform bill cutting total federal receipts by almost $1.5 trillion...
Tax Reform Bill Approved by House Committee; Senate Tax Plan Unveiled
Nov 10, 2017 | Jeff DavisNovember 10, 2017 (updated Nov. 15) Yesterday afternoon, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a $1.5 trillion tax reform and...
New Report Suggests Workforce, Safety Concerns for Automated Trucks Are Overblown
Nov 09, 2017 | Greg RogersNovember 9, 2017 Commercial trucking is likely to be one of the first sectors that benefits from vehicle automation and...
House Tax Reform Bill Would Kill PABs, Discourage Parking and Transit Benefits
Nov 03, 2017 | Jeff DavisNovember 3, 2017 Yesterday, House Republican leaders stunned the infrastructure community yesterday when they released a mammoth tax...
Senate Autonomous Vehicle Bill Now Expected to Include Self-Driving Trucks
Sep 07, 2017 | Greg RogersSeptember 6, 2017 – 11:00 p.m. Earlier today, the House passed the SELF DRIVE Act – a bill that zoomed through the legislative...
Results of the Senate FAA Markup Held June 29, 2017
Jun 29, 2017 | Jeff DavisThe Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation approved S. 1405, as amended, by voice vote. Amendments were not...
A Robot Tax Would Help or Harm the Transportation Sector – Maybe Both
Apr 14, 2017 | Stanford Turner and Greg RogersApril 14, 2017 Recent leaps forward in automation – including self-driving cars, delivery drones, artificial intelligence, and...
Eno, Virginia Review State Policies for Automated Vehicles
Apr 07, 2017 | Greg RogersApril 7, 2017 The automotive and tech industries have made significant progress in developing and implementing automated and...
Hours of Service “Restart Rule” Drama May Finally Be Settled
Mar 09, 2017 | Jeff DavisMarch 9, 2017 The long-running drama between the trucking industry and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) over...
Capitol Hill Events – Week of March 11, 2017
Mar 09, 2017 | Jeff DavisTuesday, March 14 – Senate Energy and Natural Resources – full committee hearing on opportunities to improve American energy...
Stakeholders Push Multimodal Investment
Feb 24, 2017 | Greg RogersFebruary 24, 2017 On February 15, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing entitled Moving America:...
Appropriators Working to Finish FY17
Feb 24, 2017 | Jeff DavisFebruary 24, 2017 The House and Senate Appropriations Committees got back to work this week negotiating the eleven unfinished...