Categories: Fuel Smarts

Tim Stevens, president of Stevens Sausage, decided in 2013 to move away from spec’ing more diesel engines for the company’s 13-vehicle delivery fleet. So he...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/156362/sausage-fleet-switches-to-propane-autogas

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management

The effort to inject a reform proposal widely viewed as favorable to trucking into an aviation bill has crashed and burned. At least for now.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/134153/latest-aviation-bill-ditches-pro-trucking-reform

Categories: Fleet Management

Executives with Trucking Moves America Forward reported that the group dedicated to creating a positive image for trucking is hitting its fundraising and...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/131974/trucking-image-campaign-running-strong

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

The House-Senate conference committee charged with writing a compromise highway bill announced completion today of the FAST Act, a "fully funded five-year...

https://www.government-fleet.com/132646/congress-forges-5-year-highway-bill-compromise

Categories: Drivers, Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs), Fleet Management, Operations, Safety & Compliance

Another Hail Mary Pass has been flung to try and slow the advance of the electronic logging device rule. Rep. Brian Babin has introduced the ELD Extension...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/141348/another-house-bill-aims-to-delay-eld-rule

Categories: Operations, Products, Upfitting

Mercedes-Benz Vans is introducing a turnkey “ship-thru” upfitting program for its Metris mid-size van and for Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner full-size...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/136124/mercedes-benz-increases-sprinter-and-metris-van-offerings

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

The Coalition of Northeastern Governors is urging transportation leaders on Capitol Hill “to act quickly to ensure continuity and stability of the nation's...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/131269/seven-governors-push-for-long-term-highway-bill

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

More attention is being paid this week to legislating infrastructure funding as the expiration date on the current MAP-21 highway bill looms ever closer -...

https://www.government-fleet.com/156041/how-will-the-next-highway-bill-get-funded

Categories: Fleet Management, Operations

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx has signaled that he does not oppose Congress applying a short-term fix to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/128822/foxx-open-to-highway-funding-patch-if-it-enables-long-term-fix

Categories: Fleet Management, Fuel

Aiming to address both the lack of funding for the Highway Trust Fund and the lack of trust in finding a long-term solution for that, Rep. Tim Rice (R-SC)...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/130382/house-bill-would-up-fuel-tax-by-over-10-cents