As early as Monday, May 5, the Legacy Parkway Trail between Park Lane and State Street in Farmington will be closed and fenced off for pedestrian bridge construction.
Pedestrians and cyclists should use the detour route to safely travel around the closure (see below). Please obey all posted signage and do not enter the work zone. This closure is anticipated to last through summer 2026.
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President Trump’s blanket import tax starts at 10%, may include a 25% tariff on foreign-made auto imports, and adds varying duties up to 49% on specific countries. The massive tariffs could damage freight demand and raise inflation, according to trucking analysts.
Efforts are under way once again in Congress to repeal the Federal Excise Tax (FET) that levies a 12% tax on purchases of new trucks and trailers. Earlier this week, during testimony to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, trucking leaders pointed to the FET as a pain point for the industry, noting that the tax adds an average of $22,000 to the cost of each vehicle. Measures to repeal the tax have been introduced in the last several Congressional sessions but have not passed.
The illegal use of Mexican B-1 drivers for domestic trucking is a growing concern for the trucking industry. The American Trucking Associations brought this issue to light at the Truckload Carriers Association’s conference last week, blaming the practice for contributing to the difficult freight market. “If you are using Mexican B-1 drivers to haul domestic loads, that is illegal. It is called cabotage,” Bob Costello, ATA’s chief economist, said during a presentation at Truckload 2025 in Arizona. “It’s another reason why the market has been bad.”
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday at the Mid-America Trucking Show took a hard stance against freight fraud, framing it as a threat to the safety of the entire motoring public in a talk about their tech efforts to keep bad actors out of the agency’s registration system.
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the House earlier this week would mean more money for truckers and also help attract new drivers. The legislation is endorsed by the American Trucking Association.
Of course, drivers don’t relish these inspections since they take time and present the potential for citations. Most wonder what caused them to be selected for these inspections and what they can do about it. The answer is a little complex but not impossible to understand.
President Trump’s tariff agenda could bolster American manufacturing in the years to come but today will only raise prices and pressure supply chains, Costello said. Additionally, with 70 countries eager to negotiate trade deals in response to Trump’s Liberation Day activity, it’s possible many of the tariffs announced last week could be amended or revoked in the days to come.
In a Federal Register notice published Thursday, the DOT said it is seeking “comments and information to assist DOT in identifying existing regulations, guidance, paperwork requirements, and other regulatory obligations that can be modified or repealed, consistent with law, to ensure that DOT administrative actions do not undermine the national interest and that DOT achieves meaningful burden reduction while continuing to meet statutory obligations and ensure the safety of the U.S. transportation system.”
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is releasing research highlighting insights and strategies for expanding truck parking at public rest areas. The research was a collaborative effort between ATRI and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), representing the 50 state Departments of Transportation, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
C.R. England will install Lytx driver-facing cameras across in the more than 3,500 trucks in its fleet, the companies announced March 17.
Republican members of Congress are taking steps to try and immediately roll back vehicle emissions regulations put in place by California. But whether or not it legal for them to do so remains an open question. The regulations in question are centered on the California Air Resource Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus NOx waivers granted to California.
Presenting with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Registration Office Director Ken Riddle March 27, Department of Transportation CIO Pavan Pidugu revealed the name Motus for what’s planned as a “one-stop shop” for carriers “to be able to do any and every transaction with FMCSA related to registration, biannual updates” and more, all the way to managing inspection data and filing DataQs requests for review.
Truck transportation jobs in March rose the most in a month since the beginning of 2022. The increase of 9,600 jobs that went along with a larger-than-normal increase in nonfarm payrolls for the country (up 228,000 jobs) was the largest since an increase of 10,400 jobs in January 2022.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s International Roadcheck is May 13-15 this year. A special driver focus is on hours of service—specifically falsification related to electronic logging devices. On the vehicle side, inspectors will pay particular attention to tires: flat tires, air leaks, tread depths, etc., while also checking automatic tire inflation systems.
Reintroduced by Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Oklahoma), the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act would prohibit FMCSA from issuing “any rule or regulation to require vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed.” Speed limiters resurfaced under the Biden Administration after having been put on the regulatory backburner during President Trump’s first administration.
Traffic fatalities across the United States are trending down, according to recent data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. What’s more, falling at a faster rate are large truck occupant deaths and other fatalities in crashes involving a truck.
A Biden-era rule regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will never be implemented, according to a final rule posted in the Federal Register on April 18, 2025. The rule, released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), goes into effect May 19, 2025.
The report, which aimed to understand truck driver job satisfaction, analyzed data between 2019 and 2023 from various third-party sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Trucking Associations, American Transportation Research Institute, and industry analytics reports from DriveMyWay and Conversion Interactive Agency and PDA. BLS data indicates that from 2019 to 2023, the average truck driver’s annual earnings rose $46,850 to $55,990. However, despite wage growth in the trucking sector, average earnings across all occupations increased even more significantly from $53,490 to $65,470, which is nearly a $3,500 difference in annual growth.
