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Eugene Mulero

Eugene Mulero

Senior Reporter

Eugene Mulero is a senior reporter at Transport Topics where he reports on Congress, trends in intermodal connectivity and federal elections.


BusinessTechnology

Connected Vehicle Technologies a Priority For Next Highway Bill, Rep. Graves Says

Establishing programs that transportation officials and experts may use to devise strategies to reduce congestion through advanced technologies will need to be a part of the next long-term transportation bill, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) told stakeholders June 9.

June 20, 2016
Business

Some Florida Truckers Threaten Strike

More than 2,000 truck drivers in Florida are threatening to go on a strike June 25 for possibly two weeks to protest work conditions, a spokesman for the group organizing the strike told Transport Topics.

June 20, 2016
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 14: Patience, Darling

Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Apparently it won't include a confirmation hearing for Scott Darling, nominated as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

June 14, 2016
Government

DOT鈥檚 Anthony Foxx Says CSA Scores to Be Public Again in 2 Years

WASHINGTON 鈥 It will be about two years before Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores will be available again for public view, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

June 13, 2016
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Pipeline Safety Reform Passes House

Legislation aimed at reforming pipeline safety programs easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 8, setting up a vote in the Senate as early as this month.

June 9, 2016
Government

CSA Scores to Be Reposted in About Two Years, Secretary Anthony Foxx Says

WASHINGTON 鈥 It likely听will take up to two years to post safety performance scores for trucks on a federal website, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told senators June 8. The scores were removed from public view upon enactment of a five-year highway law.

June 8, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

DOT Awards $2 Million in Relief Funds to Northwest States

Agencies in Idaho, Oregon and Washington will receive $2 million in federal aid for repairing highway infrastructure on federal lands affected by heavy rains in December, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced June 7.

June 8, 2016
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Capitol Agenda for the Week of June 7: Foxx and Friends

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appears before the Senate Commerce Committee on June 8 to talk about a variety of topics, including the FAST Act of 2015. That, and everything else that is ahead this week for trucking on Capitol Hill.

June 7, 2016
BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous

House Committee Keeps Provisions on HOS, Safety Fitness, Meal Breaks

A provision that would allow truck drivers to avoid a rest requirement of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on consecutive days was kept in a fiscal 2017 transportation funding bill a House committee approved May 24.

May 30, 2016
GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous

New Overtime Threshold Could Disrupt Payrolls, Revamp Job Classifications, Trucking Execs Warn

Across the trucking industry, companies should be prepared for some type of financial disruption due to the new Department of Labor rule on overtime pay, a senior official with American Truck Dealers told Transport Topics.

May 30, 2016

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