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A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Jim Renacci, a Republican from Ohio, would index the current federal gasoline and diesel fuel taxes to inflation, leading to the collection of $27.5 billion. This increase would help ensure highway infrastructure spending is funded for 1.7 years, according to the sponsors. This story first appeared at truckinginfo.com, and is designed to 鈥減rovide a long-term solution to ensure the Highway Trust Fund, which will run out of money in less than 50 days, is sustainable,鈥� said Renacci and the bill鈥檚 primary co-sponsors, Wisconsin Republican Representative Reid Ribble, New…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking to the public for their approval of an idea that would take into considerations a motor carrier鈥檚 鈥減roactive voluntary implementation of state-of-the-art best practices and technologies鈥� in the evaluation of a company鈥檚 safety efforts. The 鈥淏eyond Compliance鈥� program would reward carriers who implement voluntary safety programs that exceed the regulatory requirements, and have an end result of improved safety from drivers and commercial vehicles. 鈥淚mproved safety鈥� would be measured by a reduced number of and severity of accidents involving the company鈥檚 vehicles. The FMCSA cites research conducted over the past decade had…

A report from WGAL8 News of Lancaster, Pa, spotlighted a shortage of truck drivers, leading trucking companies scrambling to hire additional drivers to meet their needs. Reporter Ed Weinstock reported on the shortage and why the problem exists and what the trucking industry is doing to help overcome the shortfall. According to Weinstock, industry insiders claim that freight is backed up. Trucking companies are growing rapidly, while many truck drivers are rapidly approaching retirement age, leading to a great shortfall. Weinstock interviewed and featured student driver Greg Becker, who says he already has a job waiting for him when he…

A light-hearted story on the trucking industry news site Transport Topics outlined Earth Day efforts in the trucking industry. The story was a collection of Twitter posts that shared the recognition of Earth Day on the part of truckers and those in the trucking industry. For example, Daimler Trucks NA (@DiamlerTrucksNA) tweeted the following:   This聽#EarthDay聽our team has a new biodiversity garden and greenway trail at our #FCCC聽facility in Gastonia, S.C   Other groups have similar ceremonies of recognition. Werner Enterprises tweeted that they have conserved more than 120 million gallons of fuel since 2007 and reduced the company鈥檚 carbon…

The group 鈥淭ruckers Against Trafficking鈥� was honored by federal lawmakers for working to save young women from sexual exploitation by human trafficking networks. The group was presented the award by the Congressional Victims鈥� Rights Caucus, a group of bipartisan members of the House of Representatives, at a ceremony on Capitol Hill on April 22. The award was meant to recognize the efforts of the group for their efforts in preventing and quelling human trafficking that truckers may observe on the road. 鈥淚 strongly feel the trucking industry has the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the fight against human…