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States diesel tax rates set to change July 1
On July 1, Connecticut will begin a significant increase in diesel taxes, while Nebraska truckers will pay a slightly smaller tax and Georgia has delayed its increase. Connecticut’s diesel tax will...
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Long Sandy night: Holding the fort in Northeast as storm comes in
“Wet, windy and no power,” Matthew Jaco wrote Tuesday morning on Overdrive‘s Facebook page in response to a query as to drivers’ situations after the rainy, windy night in the Northeast. “Just another...
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Hope for the next generation
Owner-operator Joe Bielucki runs with his own authority in this 2004 KW T800, long ago spec’d new with a 370 Cummins ISM and an Eaton 10 speed. He calls her a “plain Jane work vehicle.”...
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Finding fault: Where inspections are toughest
RelatedClose scrutiny: Pennsylvania rises up the inspection-intensity ranksPennsylvania's enforcement program might be the most mobile in the nation -- the No. 2 state for inspection intensity in...
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Top 10 state truck enforcement departments ranked by performance
The American Transportation Research Institute today released its “Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement – Top 10 High-Performance States” analysis, a follow-up to its enforcement-disparities report...
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Mailbag: Tough inspectors a cost of doing business?
I miss the “mailbag” feature of many a weekly or daily newspaper columnist of the days of yore. That doesn’t mean they don’t still do it so much as it means I, like most everybody else, is sustained in...
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Top 10 most intense states for inspection violations
Click through the image for a full slate of interactive map graphics ranking states in a variety of categories relative to inspection and violation intensity through years 2011-14. All data included...
View ArticleConnecticut guv calls for closure of seven rest areas
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy in his biennial budget proposal cuts funding for the state's seven traditional rest areas to save the state $1.1 million over a two-year period. The proposal, if passed...
View ArticleSeven Connecticut rest areas with more than 200 truck parking spots on...
Connecticut DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said his department conducted a study several years ago that revealed a truck parking deficit of 1,200 spaces each night. The seven rest areas under threat of...
View ArticleRhode Island, Massachusetts ban trucks from highways Tuesday during winter storm
Rhode Island and Massachusetts have issued truck travel restrictions Tuesday due to a winter storm in the Northeast.
View ArticleCould commercialization stem tide of rest area closures?
For years, states have closed rest areas temporarily or permanently as budget-cutting measures during funding crises. These continuing closures pose further setbacks to the availability of truck parking.
View ArticleOwner-operator Alex Prifti’s new authority and, better yet, 1987 359
A tale of more than one trucker, ultimately -- Connecticut-based Alex Prifti (with a new authority as High Standard Transportation) and longtime independent short-hauler Joe Bielucki, who's making hay...
View ArticleTrucking groups plan to fight Connecticut governor-elect’s trucks tolling plan
Democrat Ned Lamont, who was elected as the state's next governor last week, said during his campaign he intends to propose trucks-only tolls in the state to curb what is projected to be a...
View ArticleConnecticut governor backs off of trucks-only toll plan
The newly-elected governor campaigned on a trucks-only toll similar to what is in place in Rhode Island, but in his op-ed noted ongoing legal challenges. Lamont added in the piece that he has learned...
View ArticleI-95 to close in Stamford, Connecticut, later this month
I-95 will close at exit 9 in Stamford, Connecticut, on Friday, May 31 at 11 p.m. through Monday, June 3 at 5 a.m., as well as between Friday, June 7 and Monday, June 10.
View ArticleConnecticut governor proposes trucks-only tolls plan with Rhode Island tolls...
In a letter to state legislative leaders of both parties, Gov. Ned Lamont calls for trucks-only tolls on 12 bridges along major thoroughfares in the state. Rates would vary by location, but truckers...
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