Advocates for the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Program had a vision. The idea was to overcome objections to calls for FMCSA to lower the age at which truckers can begin operating in interstate commerce from 21 to 18. They would…

After a 20-year hiatus, the U.S. DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) conducted and, in late September 2023, published results from its new Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), much to the delight of truck and highway researchers across…

Within the Executive Branch lies an administrative bureaucracy charged with carrying out the priorities of the current Administration by developing new regulations or removing old ones. At the same time, they’re charged with keeping the wheels on the bus…

According to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute, in 2023, 41.4% of truck drivers live in states where recreational marijuana use is legal, up from 18.5% in 2019. Perhaps more…