East Coast states loosen hours rules, restrict truck access ahead of major...
Governors in six states have issued hours of service waivers for fuel haulers and truckers carrying emergency supplies to affected areas. Some states have placed restrictions on truck travel due to...
View ArticleHours, size and weight regs suspended in three states ahead of powerful...
The storm, currently a Category 4, is forecast to make landfall on the East Coast Thursday. The track of the storm is still uncertain, but South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are taking...
View ArticleVirginia infrastructure plan could include tolls on I-81
The draft plan includes tolling both passenger cars and commercial trucks in “time of day” tolling that would charge higher rates at peak travel times and lower rates overnight. The study calls for...
View ArticleVirginia governor announces plan to toll I-81
The I-81 Corridor Improvement Plan submitted to the General Assembly in December by the Commonwealth Transportation Board noted that tolls on heavy commercial vehicles would not exceed 17 cents-per-mile.
View ArticleVirginia’s I-81 toll legislation introduced, trucking groups threaten litigation
Identical bills were introduced in the Virginia House and Senate that would establish tolls on I-81. Truckers would pay a maximum of $55.25 to cross the state in one direction, while car drivers would...
View ArticleVirginia legislators back off of I-81 tolls – for now
The Virginia House and Senate each submitted substitute bills to replace the bills introduced on Jan. 15. The new bills make no mention of tolling to fund improvements to the interstate, but a...
View ArticleMore slow-rollin’ supporting shutdown call: A talk with owner-op Brian Bucenell
Owner-operator Brian Bucenell's 2002 Peterbilt 379 was among the 100 or so trucks that participated in the "slow roll" event in Indianapolis last week. Bucenell's also helping put on a Virginia "slow...
View ArticleOwner-operator George Berry’s new intermodal group pushing for $60/hour...
Owner-operator George Berry and the relatively newly formed Virginia Port Truckers Association is extending what he calls an "open invitation to company drivers and owner-operators" for this Saturday,...
View Article423,430-lb. move on modular open deck
On a Faymoville modular heavy-haul trailer, Dynamic Specialized of New Kent, Va., recently hauled a transformer in Newport News, permitted at a gross weight of 423,430 lbs. and "rough outline...
View ArticleVirginia increases registration fees, diesel taxes to fund I-81 improvements
The Virginia General Assembly adopted Wednesday, April 3, a recommendation from Gov. Ralph Northam that will increase vehicle registration fees for all trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds.
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