Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 24, 2020: FMCSA to distribute masks to truckers Land Line Media The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will distribute free, protective masks to truck drivers at rest areas across the country. We’ll have a full list of specific locations up on […]
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 23, 2020: Spireon Driving Data Demonstrates Strong Relationship Between Increases in Mobility and Upsurge in COVID-19 Cases Spireon today revealed an analysis of proprietary consumer driving data that signals a distinct relationship between increased driving that has occurred following stay-at-home orders
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 22, 2020: Trucking to Play Critical Role in Restarting Economy, ATA’s Chris Spear Says Transport Topics The trucking industry will play a critical role in the development and implementation of plans to restart the country’s struggling economy, American Trucking Associations President
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 21, 2020: FMCSA loosens enforcement of driver violation reporting FreightWaves Recent action by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to ease the burden levied by COVID-19 could leave motor carriers vulnerable to adding disqualified drivers to their ranks. In a notice posted
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 20, 2020: Fleet leaders divulge COVID-19 defense strategies Fleet Owner The panel, moderated by Laura McMillan, vice president of training at Instructional Technologies, (which has a free online course for fleets on managing COVID-19 risks) went over how three large fleets, J.B.
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 17, 2020: Truck stop giant to lay off thousands amid COVID-19 crisis CDL Life On Friday, one of the largest truck stop chains in the U.S. announced a massive layoff caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. TravelCenters of America Inc. said that
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 16, 2020: Summary of Select Federal COVID-19 Emergency Actions & Regulatory Relief Affecting Trucking Scopelitis Transportation Consulting As the COVID-19 national emergency continues, the federal government is using its authority to grant carriers and drivers flexibility to expedite emergency relief. Scopelitis
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 15, 2020: TSA Exemption to Extend the Expiration Date of Certain Transportation Workers Identification Credentials (TWIC) On April 15, 2020, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) granted a temporary regulatory exemption regarding the expiration of certain Transportation Workers Identification Credentials (TWICs). TSA’s
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By Dave Osiecki & P. Sean Garney of Scopelitis Transportation Consulting LLC On March 24, 2020, FMCSA issued a temporary waiver for commercial drivers whose CDLs, CLPs, operator’s licenses, and/or medical cards have expired, or are set to expire after March 1, 2020. The waiver, effective immediately and valid through June 30, 2020, comes in
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 14, 2020: FMCSA allowing cameras to replace people for CDL road tests FreightWaves Skills-test examiners will not be required to be physically present in a truck cab to conduct commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills tests during the COVID-19 emergency if states
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