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Aug 7, 2013

* CROSS-BORDER USA / Mexico: Truck pilot program is again a “go”

* DC - Mexico trucking pilot gets another green light

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Jul. 30, 2013: -- Cross-border truck pilot program has little more than a year to run... The Dept. of Transportation’s U.S.-Mexico cross-border pilot program is again a “go” in the eyes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Whether the court’s latest rulings regarding the program— which grew out of the NAFTA treaty ratified back in 1993— will spell the end of litigation seeking to limit or squash it remains unlikely... The pilot program, which aims to demonstrate that Mexican carriers will operate safely inside the U.S., enables Mexican carriers that have met FMCSA safety standards to provide long-haul service to and from the U.S.... The court ruled on Friday against both the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. (OOIDA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The plaintiffs sought to have the court overturn its April decision that had let the program stand... 


* California - UPS rolls out 40 new zero-emissions delivery trucks in 

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San Bernardino,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner -Jul. 29, 2013: -- The UPS San Bernardino Distribution Center unveiled one of the largest deployments of zero-emissions delivery trucks last week... A partnership that includes Electric Vehicles International, UPS and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, as well as representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, West Coast Collaborative, California Energy Commission and the California Air Resources Board, celebrated the arrival of the 40 new zero-emissions delivery trucks at the distribution center on July 16... The 40 zero-emissions delivery trucks would be based in San Bernardino, according to the Redlands Daily Facts...
* DC - Proposal to save trucking industry $1.7B a year

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Washington,DC,USA -Claims Journal -August 1, 2013: -- A proposal to eliminate a burdensome daily paperwork requirement for professional truck drivers that will reduce costs to the industry by an estimated $1.7 billion annually while still maintaining the Department’s high safety standards was announced by the U.S. Transportation Secretary,  Anthony Foxx... Under the proposed change, commercial truck drivers would continue conducting pre- and post-trip inspections. However, DVIRs would be required only if defects or deficiencies were discovered by or reported to the driver during the day’s operations...

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