Category Archives: Trucking

US Department of Transportation has completed a study on availability of truck parking.  It’s not promising.  With the required more frequent rest periods, truckers have to be able to park.  They could actually be in violation if they pass by a place thinking it is too early.  Quite a mess.  Whose problem is it to fix?

USDOT ‘Jason’s Law’ Survey Reaffirms Nationwide Truck Parking Needs | Department of Transportation.

The actual report in HTML is below.  You can also download the 100 page pdf from the site.

Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey Results and Comparative Analysis – FHWA Freight Management and Operations.

A nice post from Yossi Sheffi of MIT.  He’s right about automated trucks– too far in the future to have much effect on the driver shortage, and won’t do anything to improve the image of trucking or to improve operational conditions.  That’s up to real people committing to change, which is slow in coming in supply chains!

Be sure to read to the end for Yossi’s joke about automation!

What Price Truck Driver Shortages?.

News on misclassified employees in trucking and driving.

Just today! Couriers in San Leandro had to wear badges and were subject to disciplinary rules.

California firm to pay $5 million for misclassifying workers.

Other suits deal with cab drivers forced to work 12 hour shifts 6 days a week without compensation, and  follow a fixed schedule and dress code.

This one is about drayage truckers.

California Court of Appeal Affirms Expense Reimbursement Award to Misclassified Employees | California Workplace Law Blog.

Another very recent case decided against a trucking firm.

Calif. Supreme Court rules drivers are employees, not contractors, in misclassification case | Commercial Carrier Journal.