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2 days ago | landline.media | SJ Munoz

The Connecticut Department of Transportation said construction on the Interstate 95 bridge project in West Haven, Conn., has begun. A mix of federal and state funds totaling $136.5 million is being spent to replace structures built more than 70 years ago, state transportation officials said. “Replacing these aging bridges and revamping the interchange will ease the daily commute for more than 142,000 drivers on I-95,” CTDOT Deputy Commissioner Laoise King said.

3 days ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

Fireworks haulers want an exemption from some of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service regulations to meet the demands of the July 4 holiday. In a notice that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 18, the American Pyrotechnics Association asked FMCSA to allow its drivers to exclude off-duty and sleeper berth time of any length from the calculation of the 14-hour limit and to use paper logs. The requested exemption would run from June 28 through July 8.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark H. Reddig

We’ll discuss what truckers are telling the U.S. DOT in response to the department’s notice concerning cutting some regulations. Also, the Small Business Administration held a roundtable on deregulation, and some important trucking issues were front and center at the event. Then, OOIDA was once again at the Mid-America Trucking Show to offer some education regarding how to operate a successful trucking business.

1 week ago | landline.media | Keith Goble

This year, about half of all states have at least considered legislation that addresses concern about third-party litigation financing. The legal term is used to describe instances when litigation financiers pay for lawsuits they feel have a good chance of being won. In return, investors receive a portion of an award or settlement. In many cases, the practice makes reaching a reasonable agreement more difficult because of the anonymous third party’s financial stake in the case.

1 week ago | landline.media | Mark Schremmer

The trucking industry is trapped in a cycle of perpetual driver churn, according to a new analysis from the OOIDA Foundation. In a recently released white paper, “The Churn: A Brief Look at the Roots of High Driver Turnover in U.S. Trucking,” the research arm of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association dispels the notion that there is a driver shortage and, instead, places the spotlight on annual turnover rates of 90% or higher for major truckload carriers.