US DOT Announces Mexican Motor Carriers Can Apply for US Authority

Washington D.C. – On January 9, 2015 the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) announced it would end a decades old ban on Mexico based motor carriers getting operating authority to run throughout the U.S. Read more

CARB Loses Court Ruling Over Safety Concerns of Truck & Bus Regulation

Alliance for California Business Press Release

On November 28, 2014, a truck cab suddenly caught fire on Highway 101 in Los Angeles.  The following day, onlookers at a truck stop in Natomas watched as flames from a parked burning big rig truck cab spread to two adjoining trucks, destroying all three vehicles.  One day later, at a fueling station in Dunnigan, another big rig truck cab burst into flames, resulting in the vehicle’s total loss and subsequent shutdown of the fueling station itself – fortunately without injury or loss of life. Read more